While preparing his latest book review for Ancient World Magazine, Joshua Hall found himself asking the question, “Why do we do it?”

There were all sorts of different types of ancient Greek pottery. Let’s examine the hydria, a vessel used for transporting and pouring water.

After the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces in ca. 1200 BC, there is little evidence for destruction on this scale until the late eighth century.

Our idea of the Greek way of war is changing. My book sets out a new interpretation of the iconic hoplite’s battle tactics.