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Monthly Archive: December
An Ivory Triptych
![15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene 15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13454_1_2_7_9_0.jpg?itok=wPhe8TXn)
Every once in a while, well actually more on a very regular basis, some amazing artifacts come to our studio to be photographed.
Mesopotamia: The First Reviews Are In
![Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/meso-blog.jpg?itok=ACNyLzFe)
ur newest feature exhibition, Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World, opened just a few days ago and already, broadcast, digital and print media are buzzing with critical acclaim.
ROM magazine presents a Mystery Object
![What is this? Detail of mystery object](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/deatilsized.jpg?itok=2bdQkXLJ)
Did you know that 97% of the Museum’s collection is not on display? While 30,000 objects do currently grace our exhibition halls, they are just the tip of a very large iceberg cloistered away here on Bloor and Queens Park.
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend V of IV: The Final Story
![The ROM/Hart House archers - a 3rd century Roman army (although a small one) - photo by Kay Sunahara.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/archers.jpg?itok=Xl4T7DP3)
Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is over, and I thought I would show you the results of my attempt to create a recreation, re-enactment, or impression of a soldier from Dura-Europos (so this is not really one of the original IV, so to speak, hence it is V of IV). In the group above you can see me on the left, with members of the University of Toronto's Hart House Archery Club, who collectively constitute the ROM's 3rd century Roman army (or ROMan army - it being the ROM, we are posing in front of a dinosaur).
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend IV of IV: The Tunic
![](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/946_54_2_tunic.jpg?itok=mQDmvlQE)
An important part of everyday life in the past, but one with very little impact on the archaeological record, is clothing...
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend III of IV: The Dagger
![A hypothetical reconstruction of a 3rd century knife and scabbard from Budapest of a type found at Dura-Europos - photo by Kay Sunahara.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dagger_2013_5_0.jpg?itok=1uHnxZ0r)
So in my project to recreate the equipment of a 3rd century Roman soldier from Dura-Europos, following the creation of the sword, I next moved on to the dagger. Little seems to be known about the daggers used by soldiers in the Roman World of the 3rd century AD.
Museums, stories and things.
![Image of visitors in the Birds Gallery Visitors in the Birds Gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/birds169.jpg?itok=EX0PRzwP)
Get ready for an insider's look at the ROM from someone who's usually very far outside of it.
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend II of IV: The Sword
![The finished sword reproduction, with scabbard. The finished sword reproduction, with scabbard.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/sword1.jpg?itok=vuXLm4aM)
The sword is one of the definitive weapons of the Roman soldier...
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend: I of IV
![This painting by archaeologist Simon James shows how the Roman soldiers of Dura-Europos would have appeared, based on the finds from the site and the wall-painting in the Temple of the Palmyrene Gods.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/three_soldiers.jpg?itok=rwx8Zz0S)
As an archaeologist the main goal in my work is to understand the people of the past...
Accessibility Awareness Week 2013 Spotlight - Alexis Pastuch
![Alexis Pastuch takes in an exhibition at the ROM Alexis Pastuch takes in an exhibition at the ROM](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/alexis_pastuch.jpg?itok=fKjFx8tQ)
Alexis Pastuch has been a member of the ROM’s Accessibility Advisory Committee since 2010