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Henry Colburn deposited King Darius’ Red Sea Canal in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Persian King Darius I (reigned 522-486 BCE) constructed a canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea – an ancient precursor to the Suez Canal that made it possible to sail from Egypt to Persia, and to places in between.
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Henry Colburn deposited King Darius’ Red Sea Canal in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Persian King Darius I (reigned 522-486 BCE) constructed a canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea – an ancient precursor to the Suez Canal that made it possible to sail from Egypt to Persia, and to places in between.
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Henry Colburn deposited King Darius’ Red Sea Canal in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Persian King Darius I (reigned 522-486 BCE) constructed a canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea – an ancient precursor to the Suez Canal that made it possible to sail from Egypt to Persia, and to places in between.
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The Persian King Darius I (reigned 522-486 BCE) constructed a canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea – an ancient precursor to the Suez Canal that made it possible to sail from Egypt to Persia, and to places in between.
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Henry Colburn's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years ago
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Jacquelyn Clements's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years ago
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Hellenistic and Roman sculpture in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThis course provides a survey of sculptural forms in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds from the
time of Alexander the Great to Late Antiquity. Key sculptural media will be considered from
chronological and thematic perspectives. Attention will be given to contextual analysis, social
history, form, technique, commemoration, regionalism, the…[Read more] -
Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Hellenistic and Roman sculpture in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThis course provides a survey of sculptural forms in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds from the
time of Alexander the Great to Late Antiquity. Key sculptural media will be considered from
chronological and thematic perspectives. Attention will be given to contextual analysis, social
history, form, technique, commemoration, regionalism, the…[Read more] -
Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Ancient cities in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThis course is an introductory survey of the urban centers of the ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian,
and Mediterranean worlds. In this course students will explore the development of urbanism in
these areas by studying the archaeological remains from the cities of ancient Mesopotamia,
Egypt, Greece, and Rome, from the Neolithic period until the…[Read more] -
Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Rome’s Augustan “rebirth”: from bricks to marble in the group
Roman archaeology on Humanities Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThis course provides a detailed examination of the life and administration of the Roman
emperor Augustus (reigned 31 B.C. to A.D.
14), a time of pivotal social and economic
change that forever altered the trajectory of
Roman history. Augustus and his
administration will be examined from a variety
of viewpoints, drawing on a rich dataset…[Read more] - Load More