Hilary Wilson on… A taste of sweetness
Hilary Wilson explores the importance of the date palm in ancient Egyptian daily life.
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Slow Migrations
REVIEW BY CH For this collection of 34 poems imagining western England’s prehistoric and Roman pasts, Slow Migrations is a fitting title. Many of the works within – inspired by the Corinium Museum in Cirencester and the Roman Baths at…
Dendrochronology provides date for Sycamore Gap tree
New dendrochronological evidence has provided a minimum age for the tree that used to grow at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall before it was illegally felled in September 2023. It was not previously known how long the sycamore had been…
Domestic Plants and Animals: The Egyptian Origins
REVIEW BY SG This second Oxbow Classics facsimile explores the history of domestication and the role of agriculture in the social economy, based on what was current evidence when it was first published in 1994, before presenting a comprehensive catalogue…
Asparagus in the Roman World
As the asparagus season gets under way, and possible Romano-British asparagus beds are discovered in Cambridge, Stefanie Hoss explores how a Mediterranean passion for this delicacy developed offshoots in the northern provinces.