Below are all the items that were published in August 2018.

The afterlife of a Greek temple
The Duomo of Syracuse
Few buildings have as deep and as interesting a history as the Cathedral of Syracuse, built on the site of an ancient temple of Athena.

Battling the Gods (2015)
A book on ancient atheism by Tim Whitmarsh
Tim Whitmarsh’s book challenges the modernist notion that atheism is a post-Enlightenment phenomenon and traces the ancient history of those who “battled the gods”.

Cascate delle Marmore
The waterfall at Marmore, located in Umbria, is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world. It was created by the Romans.

The girl with the golden wreath
This article offers a closer look at a mummy portrait of a young woman in the collection of the Allard Pierson Museum.

Roman remains in Assisi
The Italian town of Assisi, famed as the birthplace of Saint Francis, has some impressive Roman remains, including a temple to Minerva.

Early Tarentine warfare
The horse or the hoplite?
It is often assumed that the ancient Greeks practised one type of warfare. This is problematic, as can be illustrated by a quick look at the early history of Tarentum, Southern Italy.

A bronze panoply from Porano
Recovered from the painted Etruscan tombs at Porano, near Orvieto, is a bronze panoply of the third quarter of the fourth century BC.

Achilles’ slaying of Troilus
According to prophecy, Troy wouldn’t fall until a number of conditions had been met. One of them was the death of the Trojan prince Troilus.

Painted tombs from Porano
The archaeological museum of Orvieto features wall-paintings from Etruscan tombs found in the nearby village of Porano.

Food insecurity in Early Rome
Responsibility for solving food crises often falls to a community’s leaders. Early Rome was no different, and in the first centuries of the Republic suffered from, and solved, the problem of food scarcity.