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A gift from the Nile: the sacred blue water lily
For thousands of years the blue ‘lotus’ (more precisely, a water lily) was revered as a sacred plant in ancient Egypt. Its colours still...
Alessio Pimpinelli
Nov 19, 2022
4 min read
Amenhotep II: 5 reasons for why you should know who he was
Squeezed between some of the biggest names of ancient Egypt (Hatshepsut, Thutmosis III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten) lies a less-known...
Alessio Pimpinelli
Aug 28, 2022
9 min read
The 'birth' of diplomacy: a chronicle of international relations in the Late Bronze Near East
Introduction The Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1200 BCE) is a fascinating period: for the first time a series of regional states coexisted on...
Alessio Pimpinelli
Aug 11, 2022
12 min read
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