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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Can You Dig It? An Evening of Hands-On History and Archaeology

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As a kid, I was obsessed with paleontology and archaeology. I kept a human femur in my bedroom and dug up the dental tools discarded by an a...
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Sunday, November 17, 2024

This Year in Roman Technology: Invisible Ink and Other Delights

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Got your attention? Haha. Who wouldn't want to know how to make invisible ink? And we finally figured it out this month! This month, my ...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

This Year in Roman Technology: Catapults

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I never really thought much about ancient Roman catapults, to be honest. Even with 7 years of college, two classics degrees, and archaeologi...
Monday, September 9, 2024

This Year in Roman Technology: How We Know about the Roman World

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I hate to say this out loud, but this August has been the smoothest start to a new school year that I have ever had. (Run go knock on wood r...
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Thursday, July 25, 2024

NEH Olympics: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter

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Happy Opening Day of the 2024 Summer Olympics!! When the Olympics got started up again in 1894 by the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, he adop...
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Saturday, June 8, 2024

#NathGeo - The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship - Day 3

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Today, Deb Holcomb-Freitag and I left no bus, train, subway, or taxi unridden.  First stop...the University of Glasgow!!  I knew next to no...

#NathGeo: The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship - Day 2

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Day 2 of #NathGeo - due to a plane malfunction and four-hour repair in Atlanta, I got to Edinburgh much later than I had intended. But hey,...