Ever since I saw Disney's Hercules at the young and impressionable age of seven, I have been obsessed with Greek mythology, both the original stories and the many book, movie, and television adaptations. That's just one of the reasons why 2018 has…
It is one of those times again where the real world and the world of my scholarship are in horrifying sync. This happens when one works ...
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The Gemma Augustea, the finest and almost the largest cameo that survives from antiquity, celebrates Augustus and Roman triumph.
Classics scholars are standing up to ideologues who promote racist renditions of Greco-Roman mythology and history.
Classics were given a feminist twist in a show that also put outerwear centre stage
Over the past year I have had the amazing opportunity of being a Rome Prize Fellow in Ancient Studies at the American Academy in Rome. In this month’s blog, as a sort of farewell to the city, I briefly discuss my own research on holidays and festivals in ancient Jewish literature and the research I completed in Rome. I also briefly describe the evidence of the intersection and interaction of Jews, Judaism, and Rome found in the city.
Ancient whale bones have been found on three Roman fish processing sites close to the Strait of Gibraltar
Clay slab believed to date from 3rd century AD discovered near ancient city of Olympia
Le fiamme partite dagli uffici del blocco C si sono propagate fino all'allestimento permanente. Danni per 3-4 milioni di euro
Swiss archaeologists studying mysterious shafts unearthed at the Roman site of Augusta Raurica have successfully demonstrated that they can store beer on ice for at least three months, adding weight to their hypothesis that the four-metre pits were designed as ancient refrigerators.
It's considered the largest archaeological discovery in the Amalfi Coast in recent decades
British novelist Matthew Kneale presents the biography of Rome as a tale of disaster.
The project to compile information on ancient Mesopotamian religion and mythology, including profiles of fifty of the major deities, has been completed.
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