OU - Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World
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Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World
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Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World
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- Duration 6 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
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Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World at FutureLearn Course details
Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World
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- What did being healthy in ancient Rome or Greece look like? How can we tell what well-being meant in ancient times?
- This online course will help you investigate these questions, using both literary and archaeological evidence, to uncover details of real life in ancient societies.
- We will divide the body up into organs and systems, using each to explore ancient theories on the structure and function of the human body.
- We will discover what ancient societies thought about topics that we still wrestle with today - from the relationship between mind and body, to sexuality, ageing and gender.
Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World at FutureLearn Curriculum
Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World
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What is health? Using the evidence
Defining health
Hearing ancient voices
Keeping your finger on the pulse
Health and identity: the face and eyes
Vision in ancient times
Healing the eyes
Modifying the body
Eating and drinking
A regimen for everyone
Archaeological evidence for food and health
Food and drugs
Sanitation
Toilets and waste
Sewage
Doctors and excrement
Conception, generation and sexuality
Conception
Birth
After birth
The ideal body: disability and wounding
The ideal body and the real body
The disabled body
Recruiting and treating the soldier
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