Residents of Leptiminus, a city in Roman occupied Tunisia, ate a diet heavy in vegetables and marine life (including Grouper). However they avoided millet and legumes, dietary staples in other parts of the Empire.
They also avoided eating large amounts of the local fish sauce which they were trying to sell to other people. These are the findings of a Canadian science team that analyzed skeletons from the cemetery of Leptiminus.
This miniature sculpture of a winged fish is a rare pre-Hispanic find. It is believed to have been a pendant, made of gold, and belonging to a member of the royal class. Less than three inches in length, the winged fish has a slender form and sharp, lengthy fins. It was discovered in a grave in San Agustin -- a fair distance from the mountain top where the Magdalena and Cauca rivers begin.
This Apkallu figure is composed of ceramic and was used as a talisman, or ritual object, during the Ritual for the Purification of a House. This ritual entailed burying fourteen Apkallu figures; this figure is one of seven of these figures in which the male Apkallu is dressed in the skin of a fish. The remaining Apkallu figures had the faces of birds wearing wigs.
This vibrant bowl of blue faience depicts a symmetrical scene in which two fish swim continuously along its perimeter. The cyclical action of the fish corresponds with the symbolic meaning of reproduction and fertility denoted by fish at the time. This theme is further reinforced by floating lillies and the presence of lotus flowers in each of the fish's mouths.
The bowl is in the shape of a corolla surrounded by a crown of sepals.
This mosaic is one of few exhibits at Musee d'Aquitaine not related to the French region. Tagged 'elsewhere in the Dutch empire', it originates from Carthage in Tunisia.
Sex involving 'penetration' is part of life for at least 380 000 000 years. That's way longer than what we suspected. Internal fertilization was common with prehistoric fishes that lived at old tropical coral reefs during the Devonian, writes Nature, in a article that casts a new light on the history of sex with vertebrate animals, and thus also us humans.
The new discovery is that these ancient placoderms had developed this advanced form of mating well before the sharks. The prove that the fished did have internal fertilisation, was provided by the male fish fosiles. Those had an extra piece of bone at the height of the pelvis.
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The new discovery is that these ancient placoderms had developed this advanced form of mating well before the sharks. The prove that the fished did have internal fertilisation, was provided by the male fish fosiles. Those had an extra piece of bone at the height of the pelvis.
