A fictional account, based on new research findings, reconstructs the last hours of a Pompeii's residents, Caius Iulius Polybius.
Written and produced by Rossella Lorenzi. Narrated by Dan Kirsch.
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Puzzle Of The Pyramid BoatsIn this podcast, we talk about a glorious heap of beams and planks buried beside the Great Pyramid of Khufu 4,500 years ago. The ancient wood fragments will soon be excavated and reassembled, Ikea style, into a unique pharaonic boat.
The vessel is the sister ship of a similar boat removed in pieces from another pit in 1954. Painstakingly reconstructed, this ship now stands resurrected in a museum built above the place where it was discovered.
Beautifully engineered, the boats reveal a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
A Greek Mummy The first evidence of artificial mummification in ancient Greece lies in a lead coffin at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, according to a Swiss-Greek research team. Dating to 300 A.D., when the Romans ruled Greece, the partially mummified remains belong to a middle-aged woman who led a privileged life.
Rossella Lorenzi talks to Dr. Frank Rühli, one of the world's top mummy experts, about this unique find.
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