Articles on the ancient world

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Sacrifice before battle

Sacrifice before battle

An ancient Greek ritual

3 min read

The phallus and the Evil Eye

The phallus and the Evil Eye

Phallic amulets in the Roman world

9 min read

The “Treasury of Atreus”

The “Treasury of Atreus”

A Late Bronze Age tomb near Mycenae

6 min read

Few but good

Few but good

The eigenvector centrality and its meaning

12 min read

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida

A medieval love story

4 min read

A face from the past

A face from the past

A plaster head from Mycenae

4 min read

Encounter with a sea-monster

Encounter with a sea-monster

Hercules at Troy

4 min read

Challenging Zeus

Challenging Zeus

The monstrous Typhon

6 min read

In memoriam

In memoriam

On the loss of one of Hercules’ fingers

2 min read

Medusa at the edge of Empire

Medusa at the edge of Empire

10 min read

The Empress Messalina

The Empress Messalina

Teenage nymphomaniac or smooth operator?

Peta Greenfield and Fiona Radford

17 min read

A temple for all the gods

A temple for all the gods

The Pantheon in Rome

6 min read