Below are all the items that were published in September 2019.

The Phaistos Disc
The earliest “printed” text
One of the most curious finds from the Minoan palace at Phaistos is a small, clay disc featuring a stamped text on both sides.

The palace at Phaistos
Controlling the Messara Plain
At Phaistos, near Crete’s southern coast, on a hill overlooking the Messara Plain, are the impressive remains of a large Minoan palace.

War’s effect on society
A fragment of Ennius
War drives society to the limits of civility. This is beautifully illustrated in a surviving fragment of the Annals of Ennius.

Jumping the bull
The bull-leaping fresco from Knossos
We take a closer look at the bull-leaping fresco from Knossos (now in Iraklion), one of many depictions of ancient Minoan bull-sports.

Egypt’s nightworld
An interview with Dr Kasia Szpakowska
Learn more about the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians in this interview with Kasia Szpakowska of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project.

Horns of Consecration
A closer look at a Minoan symbol
When he excavated Knossos, Arthur Evans happened across artefacts that he believed were stylized horns of a sacred bull. Was he correct?

Home of the Minotaur
The palace at Knossos
The second most popular archaeological site in Greece, Knossos features impressive remains of a Bronze-Age Minoan “palace”.

Mercenaries in the ancient world
Experts Stephanie Craven and Hannah Ringheim join regular team members Joshua Hall and Josho Brouwers to talk about mercenaries.
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