Telč is a Moravian medieval town, founded in the 13 Century as a fortified place with two castle-fortresses, town wall and lakes around, Fig.1. The lower castle, first Gothic, was rebuilt in the 16 century into a Renaissance chateau with rich well preserved interiors. In the 17 and 18 centuries the city was enriched with Baroque churches and sculptures, mostly built by Jesuits. The Gothic perio...

anatomical and histomorphometrical study of sheep’s thymus was conducted by 75 apparently healthy fetuses that collected from urmia’s industrial slaughterhouse. after anatomical study, the samples were fixed in 10% formal saline, passaged and histological paraffin sections prepared in 5-7 μm in thickness, and by h&e; method stained. histomorphometrical study performed by graded and latticed len...

The aim of this study is to investigate the archaeological finds to enlighten the medical methods of treatments and operations applied in Balkans during Roman Period. Some independent local and regional find groups, taken from existing publications will be grouped together and a holistic point-of-view will be taken against medicine in Balkan Geography during Roman Period. Due to basic differenc...

In the paper jewellery from sites and complexes of Saltiv culture, which do not chronologically fit within boundaries its existence, is analysed. All finds can be divided into two groups (fig. 1): East European champlevé enamel style (group I) “antiquities Antes ” II). The second group, in turn, products typical for hoards Martynivka circle II, subgroup 1) items Pastyrske hillfort 2). article f...

Of aU the animals domesticated by humans the cat is one of the most unique. By nature a nocturnal animalmost other domesticates are diurnal-and socially solitary, cats appear to have been domesticated more for some metaphysical reason than for any practical advantage. But the feline's ability to catch and kill rodents made them a valuable assetlO medieval farmers whose distinction between adequ...

Lead, because of its low melting point, was one of the first metals used by man. It was probably isolated soon after the ancients discovered the use of fire. Archeological discoveries indicate the presence of lead objects and pigments during the early Bronze Age. In ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman times metallic lead was produced as a by-product of silver mining. Extensive evidence of ancient ...

While the A type cavea plan was created around middle of first century B.C. in Latium or Campania, B formed Central Italy, including Latium, third quarter same (Table 1). In early Augustan age, C appeared, probably Roman colonies. Although and types were only used West Mediterranean cities, is found more than half all ‘ Roman-typed theatres ’ throughout ancient world period making it most commo...

High-resolution pollen analysis of a sediment core recovered from Paliouras lagoon (Greece) allowed us to reconstruct the environmental dynamics Halkidiki peninsula during last 4000 years. Palynological results have been interpreted and compared with detailed historical data, showing distinct phases human-landscape interactions Bronze Age until recent times. Pollen spectra revealed an environme...

Thecolica Pictonum or colic of Poitou, under these and many other names, was a frequent, widespread, and deadly disease from Roman times until the eighteenth century. Its unique pathognomonic, notably a severe colic succeeded by paralysis and other central nervous system dysfunction, makes it possible to identify the disease with certainty as chronic lead disease, usually caused by the ingestio...