The Greek god Dionysus remains popular in the modern world for his love of wine and the theatre and his outsider status. But looking at one of his myths through the lens of his masculinity shows how Dionysus can be more complicated than that.

One of the many problems plaguing the reign of Emperor Commodus was a supposed “War on Deserters”.

A small agate decorated with a battle-scene, recovered from the so-called “Griffin Warrior” tomb in Pylos (Greece), has been hyped up for the wrong reasons.

Two gameboards from the Royal Tombs of Ur, a Sumerian city-state in what is now Iraq, date back to 2600–2400 BC.

The story of the brothers Vibenna occupies the space between Etruscan myth and Roman history.

At the archaeological site of Memphis in Egypt, you can admire a colossal statue of the renowned king Ramesses II.

Even though the ancient Mediterranean was rife with piracy, relatively few pirates are known to us by name.

Of all the tragic figures in the story of the Trojan War, perhaps none has suffered more than poor Cassandra.

The island of Rhodes is rich in history, with a variety of museums, art galleries, and archaeological sites to visit.

In the tenth book of the Iliad, Diomedes and Odysseus embark on a covert mission to spy on the Trojans.