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	IAM Staff
		His master's thesis was entitled "Diocletianic Census Inscriptions from the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor." His research interests include: Greek and Roman documents, administration and cultural history; use and alteration of the ancient landscape; and application of advanced technology to teaching and research in ancient studies.
		His work on the web includes Ancient Roman Technology and the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy web site, both in collaboration with Prof.
		Heidi received a BA in Ancient History from Purdue University in May 96 and an MA in Ancient History from UNC-CH in May 98, having written a thesis dealing with the representation of bandits in the Greek novels.
	iam.classics.unc.edu /main/stafflist.html (849 words)

	The Teaching of Ancient Greek Language and Civilization
		On the contrary, the study of the ancient Greek civilization, even when it is referred to technology, the high pride of our days, indicates clearly to the contemporary man that technology is not his exclusive achievement, but it is based on the inventions of ancient Greeks.
		For the achievement of the fourth objective new approaches in teaching ancient Greek civilization with the utilization of modern educational technology, especially the use of multimedia, were presented.
		The general aim of the seminar was to contribute to the reinforcement of the interest on the study of Ancient Greek Language and civilization.
	athena.pi.ac.cy /civi2reporten.htm (1128 words)

	arachnesweb.html
		Ancient Roman Technology is an electronic handbook created and maintained by students and faculty of UNC-CH, under the direction of Professor George Houston.
		The Interactive Ancient Mediterranean (IAM) is an on-line atlas of the ancient world designed to serve the needs and interests of students and teachers in high school, community college and university courses in classics, ancient history, archaeology and related fields.
		The goal is to provide, over the course of several years, a comprehensive (and regularly updated) guide to Roman technology, with various levels of information.
	www.classics.unc.edu /arachnesweb.html (358 words)

	Ancient Roman technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of what we know of Roman technology comes to us indirectly from archaeological work and from the third hand accounts of Latin texts copied from the Arabic texts, which were in turn copied from the Greek texts of scholars such as Hero of Alexandria or contemporary travelers who had observed Roman technologies in action.
		Roman technology is the set of artifacts and customs which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman commerce and Roman military might possible over nearly a thousand years.
		The Roman Empire had the most advanced set of technologies of their time, which in many areas was lost during the dark ages, and was only equalled in the 19th and 20th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_Roman_technology (358 words)

	Ancient Greek Science and Technology
		I think that an ancient Greek said this also before 2000 years:
		In the Genesis the Greeks are the descendants of Yavan the son of Noah's son Japheth.
		Greeks knew that the Earth is round, some even developed a heliocentric model, the dimensions and distances of the Earth and planets have been measured with the best accuracy that is possible without advanced instruments that were available only later than 1600 AD.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Greeks.htm (5251 words)

	Ancient Technology
		In anthropology technology is defined as, “The body of knowledge available to a society that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials.” So technology can be said to be ancient.
		But that changed when the Antikethera mechanism [11] was found in an ancient Greek shipwreck.
		The scholars and historians rightfully turned down any notion that the Greeks could have had such technology.
	www.16pi2.com /ancient_technology_speculations.htm (5251 words)

	Ancient Roman technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roman fleets were based directly on Greek triremes and much of the implements of land based Roman armies came out of the experimentation and the new developments in weapons of the Hellenistic wars that raged for decades between the successors of Alexander the Great.
		Roman technology is the set of artifacts and customs which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman commerce and Roman military possible over nearly a thousand years.
		The Roman Empire had the most advanced set of technologies of their time, which in many areas was lost during the dark ages, and was only equalled in the 19th and 20th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_technology (1685 words)

	Ancient Greek Technology
		Ancient technology was naturally placed in the service of religion!
		The famous Talos (in the ancient Cretan dialect it means sun), was a fully operational robot, built by Hephaestus as a gift for Minos, King of Crete.
		So, with the help of technology, certain doors opened automatically when the fire was lit on the altar and even certain statues began moving!
	www.e-telescope.gr /en/cat05/art05_021129.htm (1685 words)

	Ancient Greek Military Technology
		Ancient Greeks invented the use of technology in warfare.
		The Romans very fast acquired the Greek military technology and developed the most organized military system the world ever has seen.
		The Phalanx and the Trireme ship were important for Athens to be victorious against a much larger Persian Army, but military technology was developed less by Athenians but by other Greek groups.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/WarTech.htm (1685 words)

	TMTh:: Exhibition: Ancient Greek Technology
		The idea for the organization of an Exhibition having as subject the Ancient Greek Technology was proposed jointly by two cooperating institutions: The Association for the Study of the Ancient Greek Technology and the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki.
		The Ancient Greek Technology exhibition is an effort to record, study and present the huge treasure of technical knowledge, which has been accumulated through centuries of continuous prosperity and development, in ancient Greece.
		This Technology, so decisive for the ensuing progress of the world, is presented within the Ancient Greek Technology Exhibition.
	www.tmth.edu.gr /en/expo/ancient_greek_technology.html (1685 words)

	History Heads Ancient technology: A beginner's guide
		Here we present the results of our search for the best websites and books dealing with ancient technology – from chariots to cranes, submarines to incendiary devices, and much more in between.
		History is littered with mysterious achievements, feats that cannot be explained by the known technology of the time.
		Four programmes that, through investigation and reconstruction, attempt to reveal the secrets of the first submarine, 'Greek fire', the Assyrian war chariot and the cranes that hoisted the stones that created Gothic cathedrals.
	channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/heads/footnotes/tech.html (1685 words)

	Youth Concern: Ancient Greek technology
		Known for contributions to humanitarian studies, Ancient Greeks were adept in technology
		However, fewer people know about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine as exercised by Hippocrates or maths and geometry by Pythagoras and Euclid and even fewer know about their technological achievements.
		When most people speak about the ancient Greek civilization, they mainly have in mind the humanitarian studies that flourished in ancient Greece.
	users.otenet.gr /~tzelepisk/yc/at.htm (1685 words)

	Ancient Greek Science and Technology
		Historic events related to science and technology of Greeks or events that are related to ancient Greeks until the time of the post Greek Scientific revolution that started with Galileo, Newton and others.
		There is even some evidence that ancient Greeks knew Newtons inverse square gravity law (or is it more correct to say that Newton knew the ideas of Hipparchus and others?) It is not true that the Greeks believed that the world is small.
		Ancient Greek medicine played an important role for almost 1500 years.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Greeks.htm (1685 words)

	Greek and Roman Science and Technology
		Greek and Roman Science and Technology, V2 This site has been designed to provide basic information on science and technology in ancient Greece and Rome.
		The Big Picture is a table putting ancient scientists and inventions in their wider historical context.
		Texts and translations has links to other sites where they can be found on-line, in Greek or in English translation.
	www.swan.ac.uk /classics/staff/ter/grst (1685 words)

	Classics : Science & Technology
		[Provides basic information on science and technology in ancient Greece and Rome]
		It surveys water use and water technology in an area from Mesopotamia to the Atlantic Ocean, from the beginning of the Neolithic period up to ca.
		Copper and bronze in ancient Greece and Rome
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /guide/hum/classics/subject/sci.html (1685 words)

	Internet Public Library: Prehistoric and Ancient History
		Art history website that presents a study of representations of women in ancient art.
		It includes comparisons between ancient and modern sports, ancient artwork with themes relevant to the games, and information about Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times.
		It has a wide selection of pictures of Roman Coins, Greek Coins, Celtic Coins, Byzantine Coins, etc. The scans that are available are very clear and detailed, and can help the user learn about the different era’s of coins, especially Roman Coins which is the specialty of the website.
	www.ipl.org /div/subject/browse/hum30.02.10 (1200 words)

	Ancient Medicine, CLAS 220, U. of Saskatchewan
		Grmek, M.D. Diseases In The Ancient Greek World.
		Kleijwegt, M. Ancient Youth: The Ambiguity of Youth and the Absence of Adolescence in Greco-Roman Society.
		Art and Society in Ancient Etruria (Madison, 1994) 224-40.
	duke.usask.ca /~porterj/CourseNotes/ancmed.html (1635 words)

	Roman architecture, ancient roman architecture, architecture comparison greek roman
		Roman architecture - the architecture of ancient Rome classical architecture, Greco-Roman architecture - architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans The Romans adopted
		Architecture comparison greek roman Greco roman architecture Ancient roman architecture Ancient roman art and architecture History of roman architecture Architecture influence roman Architecture greek roman vs Architecture example roman Roman empire architecture Arch architecture roman
		Roman architecture, ancient roman architecture, architecture comparison greek roman
	www.nicechurch.com /roman-architecture.html (311 words)

	The Greek New Testament Gateway
		By David Harley: although "work in progress", this is a promising project to utilise current web technology to produce an on-line edition of the Greek New Testament in which the text can be manipulated to create different texts depending on the variants chosen.
		By Petros Petallides: "a complete electronic edition of the Original Orthodox Greek New Testament as it is used by the Greek Orthodox Church".
		From Biola University: searchable text of the Greek New Testament (NA) using either the symbol font or unicode.
	www.ntgateway.com /greek (867 words)

	Sophocles @Web English Teacher
		These follow-up activities focus on the experience of ancient Greek drama and its role in ancient Greek society.
		Drama: The Greek Theatre and Three Athenian Tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
		Oedipus the King: An Introducton to Greek Drama from PBS.org
	www.webenglishteacher.com /sophocles.html (867 words)

	European cultural Centre of Delphi
		This programme consists of two weeks seminar, which deal with the teaching of Ancient Greek Language and Hellenic Civilization with the use of technology systems.
		The international meetings on Ancient Greek Drama started in 1985 and consist of symposia, theater workshops and performances of ancient greek drama.
		These events are organized at the time when Meetings on Ancient Greek Drama are not held.
	www.culture.gr /2/23/232/e23203.html (867 words)

	UB Classics
		Ancient Roman Technology -An electronic handbook of ancient Roman technology (U of N Carolina at Chapel Hill)
		Marriage & Divorce Papyri of the ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish world
		Interactive Ancient Mediterranean -An on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world
	www.classics.buffalo.edu /resources.htm (1257 words)

	Ancient Cities
		Perseus Project - extensive collection of Greek and Latin texts and translations, images of ancient art and architecture, site maps and plans, discussions of history, iconography, archaeology and much more
		University of Oregon Maps - maps of the ancient Mediterranean basin and particularly ancient Greece in various periods
		Exploring Ancient World Cultures - list of sites devoted to special topics in ancient history
	www.macalester.edu /courses/clas63/internet.htm (258 words)

	VAHS Latin: Cambridge Latin Links
		The Surgery of Ancient Rome: A Display of Surgical Instruments
		Amphitheatrum: entry from Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
		Wondrous Glass: Roman Glass at the Kelsey Museum (University of Michigan)
	www.vanalstyneisd.org /Latinpg/clc.html (291 words)

	Book Series on Indian Science & Technology
		The science and technology multi-volume series would also spark an overall interest in the study of Indian texts, with the same seriousness with which Classical Greek texts are studied.
		Indian culture is frequently depicted as being mystical in the sense of being irrational, and in lacking a sense of advancement in the material plane of society.
		Indians were the first to develop steel, and the famous Delhi Iron Pillar is the longest rust-free sample of steel in the world, having lasted fourteen centuries with no rust at all.
	www.indianscience.org /scope.shtml (291 words)

	Perseus Digital Library
		New reference works: Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (search), and Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (search).
		Berger Family Technology Transfer Endowment, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education part of the U.S. Department of Education, the
		We've added Pliny the Elder's encyclopedic Natural History, (search), a remarkable snapshot of the state of Geography, Ethnography, Astronomy, Biology, and Geology in the early Roman empire.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu (343 words)

	The Ancient Greek Cultural Nexus: Art, Archaeology, Literature and Topography
		AncientSites Tour of the Acropolis Computer-generated layout of Acropolis buildings (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
		This course will examine the curious intersection of Greek myth, history, science, religion, and literature that created such a unique and impressive ancient culture.
		Given the background that my students will acquire in Greek drama, the theater troupe Aquila's annual spring production and workshops will offer a marvelous opportunity for students to see Greek drama performed well (this year my students all saw their excellent production of Oedipus).
	www.lilt.ilstu.edu /drjclassics/syllabi/classical_nexus.htm (343 words)

	Ancient Greek Science and Technology
		Historic events related to science and technology of Greeks or events that are related to ancient Greeks until the time of the post Greek Scientific revolution that started with Galileo, Newton and others.
		There is even some evidence that ancient Greeks knew Newtons inverse square gravity law (or is it more correct to say that Newton knew the ideas of Hipparchus and others?) It is not true that the Greeks believed that the world is small.
		I think that an ancient Greek said this also before 2000 years:
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Greeks.htm (4851 words)

	Ancient Greek Arts, Literature, Philosophy, Live (Fashion, Music, Sport)
		One famous story of ancient Greece was that of the actor Polus performing in the Electra of Sophocles, at Athens in the 4th century BC.
		With the current progress the Chinese Giant (and later India) will in not very distant future surpass the United States in all aspects, sport, science, technology, economy.
		An Indian comment about the Yavanas (The Ionian Greeks)
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Greeks2.htm (3346 words)

	Internet History of Science Sourcebook
		Written by a Greek resident of Alexandria in Egypt during the first century BCE, this text is one of the oldest surviving accounts of the countries on Africa's east coast.
		The achievements of this period have not been negated by the discoveries and theories of the late 19th and 20th centuries, but are now seen as accurate only with certain boundaries.
		This is one of the most successful, and early, statements on Materialism stemming from the conclusions of the New Science.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/science/sciencesbook.html (3346 words)

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