As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
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Dominic
Perring
Dr Dominic Perring is the Director of the University College Of London Centre for Applied Archaeology and the author of London in the Roman World. He has spent over 50 years leading archaeological research into Roman cities, including major programmes of research in London, Beirut, and Milan. Dominic is an occasional broadcaster and has authored nine books and over 100 academic papers addressing key themes in the management and interpretation of archaeological sites and landscapes. Dominic obtained his PhD from the University of Leicester. His research interests include the origins and nature of urban society, the archaeology of the Roman provinces, Cultural Resource Management in UK and Middle-East and the social and economic role of development-lead archaeology.
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