
Thucydides' history of Early Greece
The so-called Archaeology by Thucydides offers the famed ancient Greek historian’s view of his people’s early history.

Ancient aristocracy
The ancient concept of “aristocracy” was quite different from how we, in our post-medieval world, would perhaps define it.

Titanic Titans?
Were the ancient Greek Titans really gigantic? No, they weren’t. But let’s explore where this idea came from in the first place.

Hercules the drunk
A funny statue of Hercules in an exhibition on Carthage depicts him as a drunk relieving himself.

Ryse: Son of Rome (2014)
Fighting for the Empire
A gorgeous-looking and entertaining action game that, unsurprisingly, plays fast and loose with Roman history.

A Laconian cup from Vulci
A beautiful Laconian cup depicts Arcesilaus II, the King of Cyrene, overseeing the weighing and loading of goods.

Water clocks
Keeping track of time in Antiquity
Water clocks were a common method of telling time in the ancient world; in addition, they served as timers.

The Egyptian sphinx
In ancient Egypt, the sphinx was a mythical creature associated with kings, as well as divinities (in particular the sun god).

A portrait of Socrates?
There are many portraits of the Athenian philosopher Socrates. But do these accurately reflect what he might have looked like?

A triple-bodied warrior in London
An interesting object in the British Museum is a Cypriot terracotta statuette of a triple-bodied warrior.