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Weapon Wednesday: Swords from the Philippines

Weapon Wednesday: Swords from the Philippines

The Philippines are a group of over 7,000 mountainous islands, mostly of volcanic origin, in Southeast Asia. They may be divided into three geographic areas: in the north is Luzon, mostly one large island and the location of the capital and most populous cities of the Republic, together known as

The Anatomy of a Book: Saving The Naturalist's Library

The Anatomy of a Book: Saving The Naturalist's Library

Books are remarkably durable. Fragments have survived from ancient times, while others have traversed the centuries in near perfect condition. One such example is the St Cuthbert Gospel from the 7th century, the earliest intact European book. But despite the robust structure of the book, the

Triceratops Dig 2014 Recap

Triceratops Dig 2014 Recap

Our time at the Triceratops site came to an end on Friday, June 27. As we rushed to get the last jackets out of the quarry and close down the site for the year, a menacing storm was rolling in, but we made it out just in time (Figure 1).  With the back of our pick-up truck filled with plaster

Climat et santé humaine: Développer des cultures mondiales en matière de soins

Climat et santé humaine: Développer des cultures mondiales en matière de soins

Climat et santé humaine: Développer des cultures mondiales en matière de soins (en anglais) Le mercredi 20 novembre 2024, de 19 h à 20 h GRATUIT. RSVP obligatoire. Apprenez-en davantage sur les effets directs et indirects du climat sur la santé humaine lors d’une table ronde animée par

Portable Bits of Divine Energy

Portable Bits of Divine Energy

Pilgrim tokens or “portable bits of divine energy” were made from the sanctified earth found at pilgrimage sites and stamped with sacred images. They were valued for their power to avert evil and cure an ailment when consumed or when mashed with a liquid and applied to an afflicted area of the

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

An International Conference at the Royal Ontario Museum November 9–11, 2017 During Canada’s 2017 Sesquicentennial celebrations, the Royal Ontario Museum hosted an international conference to explore the material culture of textiles through the work and legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

Summerasaurus Part III: The Jacketing Process

Mark Farmer recently returned from an expedition to the badlands of southern Alberta with Dr. David Evans, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the ROM, in search of dinosaurs. Join us over the course of the next month as Mark and Dr. Evans put up their notes from the field, detailing

Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project

Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project

The Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP), designed to fill in gaps in our knowledge of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and study their evolution, is lead by palaeontologists David C. Evans (Royal Ontario Muserum) and Michael J. Ryan (Cleveland Museum of Natural History).  This project focuses on

For the Adventuresome: Traversing Back in Time with Dr. Ed Keall

For the Adventuresome: Traversing Back in Time with Dr. Ed Keall

By Daira Szostak   It was a muggy, August afternoon when I met with Dr. Keall to discuss his plans for a new project. Sitting across from him in the dim bar, it felt like a spy movie where I was being enlisted for a covert mission. Details were few. I was familiar with the castle he spoke of,

Nature Stories through Photography: Insights from Connor Stefanison

Nature Stories through Photography: Insights from Connor Stefanison

Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Sean de Francia The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition has served as an important channel to bring ecology and biodiversity to the centre of conversation. Since its beginnings, the travelling exhibition has