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When Whaling is Your Tradition
Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Ursula McClintock. In some Indigenous communities around the world, whaling is as much a part of their tradition as my family’s turkey dinner at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Whale hunting has played an integral role in feeding Inuit
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Cave Survey
The first field-walks took place in 2004, but recorded survey of the area began in 2005 with a rapid series of transects across the catchment of the valley. Some of the caves were clearly situated in locations which were now difficult to get to, and I rather suspected that if I did not have a
Popular Motifs on Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana
Blog by Silvia Forni, Curator of African Arts and Culture The Fante are one of the many culturally and linguistically related groups known collectively as the Akan. They mostly live in the Central Region of Ghana, their territory extending along the coast and inland from Takoradi in the west, to
Archaeological Approaches to Ceramics
By Ashley MacLellan and Craig Cipolla Back in October, we posted the first in a series of blog entries dedicated to ROM curator, Craig Cipolla’s collaborative research project with Wyandot artists Richard Zane Smith and Catherine Tammaro entitled, “Remembering Ancient Pottery Traditions.” We
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend V of IV: The Final Story
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
The Evans Connection Part 1: The Minoans Discovered
Here I continue the story of an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) collection: the ivory and gold female figurine–ROM 931.21.1. For further information see the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess Research Project. I discuss why the Museum, or indeed anyone, believed that the figurine was genuine. In
Blue Whale Research
Scientific study and preservation continue for the ROM’s Blue Whale Guest blog by Jacqueline Miller, Mammalian Technician The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived. What are the advantages to being so large? What are the disadvantages? There are advantages to being large,
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: Introduction
Deir Mar Musa, or the Monastery of St. Moses, can be found about 90 km north of Damascus in the desert Qalamoun Mountains, isolated between the road from Damascus to Homs/Hama/Aleppo and the road from Damascus to Palmyra-Tadmor. The nearest town is al-Nabk, or Nebek, 10.4 miles or 6.5 km to the
Erasing History: Ancient Artifacts Destroyed
By Clemens Reichel, Sascha Priewe, and Sheeza Sarfraz It has become a cliché to say that “history is written by the victors,” but rarely does one note that it is not only written, but edited as well. Just as governments massage facts for the evening news and tightly control who speaks with
Habelia, a fossil predator with a “multi-tool” head
By Cédric Aria Post-doctoral researcher The rare animal Habelia optata, which had originally been described in 1912, had remained one of the most problematic fossils from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale—the 508 million years old exceptional fossil deposit of British Columbia (see Habelia