Around 41 to 55 AD, a 500-strong cavalry unit, or
alae, was stationed at the site. This was soon reinforced when an entire Roman legion was sent there no later than 80 AD. This legion comprised a considerable force of around 6,000 men, along with all their military equipment. As the fortress grew in size, so too did the city surrounding it expand to become a city of import.
The province of Pannonia was crucial to the Roman Empire, providing the Roman Army with a secure base. It was also close to the river Danube which was a tactical location allowing the Roman Navy access to patrol the banks of this critical waterway. By 106 AD the Roman Empire decided to bring about changes in Pannonia and Aquincum became the capital city in the region they now called Pannonia Inferior.
These animals are unlike the ritual sacrifices which the Ancient Egyptians would mummify and offer to their gods. Thousands of such mummies from dogs offered to jackal-headed embalming god Anubis, to cats for Bastet, and other animals that were thought to be living manifestations of deities have been found. It depended on the cult of the god someone wanted to please (or appease). There is evidence that animals were particularly bred for this purpose. Most were relatively young when they were given to the underworld. Some, like baboons, were kept as sacred creatures by the pharaoh and mummified after a natural death.
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The last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt is one the most famous of all pharaohs, but her tomb has never been found in the 2,000 years since she died. Dr Kathleen Martinez has spent decades trying to locate it, and she is convinced it lies 30 miles outside the city of Alexandria, in the ancient temple site of Taposiris Magna. She has made some fascinating finds in the last few years – and the most recent – a mummy with a golden tongue – has piqued the interest of Egyptologists once again.
Ancient Uniquely Decorated “His And Hers” Roman Coffins
IAA Archaeologist, Uzi Rothstein, has now confirmed that the two coffins are “a matching pair.” In an article in
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