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Barack Obama, the United States
and a Brave New World |
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On 20th January, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President at a time when the United States, like the rest of the world, is in dire economic straits. Can the first Afro-America president emulate Septimus Severus, the first Roman emperor with African roots, who succeeded in bringing stability to the turbulent political and economic conditions of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD.
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Stars and stripes / S.P.Q.R. |
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Evidence of the Earliest ‘Cavemen’
Discovered in South Africa |
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Evidence of early human ancestors discovered in the Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. The cave has long been of scientific interest, but recent discoveries of small stone tools found at the site indicate that early hominids were inhabiting the cave two million years ago.
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Taking samples from Wonderwerk Cave. Photo: M. Chazan |
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Marble Head of a Goddess
found in Rome |
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Marble head of the goddess Isis or Artemis discovered during the construction of a tramway in the Testaccio area of Rome. The region of the city where the head was found housed a Roman district of shops and private housing dating to the 1st and 2nd century AD.
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Photo: Rome Soprintendenza Archeologica |
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Hoard of Byzantine Gold Coins
Discovered in Jerusalem |
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Hoard of gold coins discovered close to the walls around Jerusalem National Park in late December last year. The solidi coins depict a bearded Byzantine emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641) wearing the military uniform of a cloak over chain mail in one image, and holding the globus cruiger in the other.
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Photo: Yael Barshak, Israel Antiquities Authority |
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