Things to do

Make your own canopic jars
In Ancient Egypt, people believed that everyone had three different spirits: the ka (the life force), the ba (the personality), and the akh (the soul). In order for these three spirits to survive into the afterlife, the Ancient Egyptians believed that the dead…

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Teeth through time: 20th-century mouthwash
In the past, there were no big dental companies making toothpastes and other products. Dentists made their own mouthwashes and dentifrices (toothpowders). Some of these had very strange ingredients; lots of dentists recommended urine (wee!) as a mouthwash, and the Ancient…

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Make your own Roman shield
Scutum is the Latin word for shield, and is what a Roman would have called theirs! Early Roman shields were oval and flat. However, by the time that the Romans invaded Britain in AD 43, most shields were rectangular. They were slightly curved, a bit like part of a cyclinder…

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