This page lists all of the articles that have been published on this website in reverse chronological order, so with the newest material listed first.

The city on the mountain
Exploring ancient Lato
The remains of the ancient city of Lato in Crete are well worth visiting. This archaeological site, located in the mountains, features the remains of houses, public buildings, and public spaces.

Armed riders from Crete
Reliefs from the temple at Prinias
The collection of the archaeological museum of Iraklion includes reliefs of armed horsemen from the temple unearthed at Prinias, one of the oldest stone temples in Greece.

Ariadne’s Threads
A book on Aegean clothing by Berenice R. Jones
With Ariadne’s Threads, published in 2015, Berenice Jones has written the standard work on clothing in the Aegean Bronze Age that will serve as the basis for all future research.

Wandering through ancient streets
The Minoan town of Gournia
No archaeological site in Crete gives you a better idea of what it must have been like to live in a Minoan town than Gournia, located on the Isthmus of Ierepetra.

The Battle of Cumae
Between regional squabble and pan-Mediterranean posturing
A naval battle off the Italiote Greek city of Cumae in 474 BC resonated across the Mediterranean. Not necessarily for its importance, but because the victor used it as a key element in his propaganda campaign.

Promoting inclusive archaeology through disability studies
In order to build an accurate narrative of the past and present, archaeologists and classicists must study the experience of people with disabilities in the ancient world.

Herodotus and the Question Why
A book by Christopher Pelling
Christopher Pelling shares the fruits of a lifetime of research on the Father of History. His epic tome asks many questions but offers no simple answers.

Blades from Malia
Status symbols of the Minoan elite?
Finds from the Minoan settlement at Malia include a number of beautiful swords and daggers, now in the Archaeological Museum of Iraklion.

Top reads of 2019
A very happy New Year from all of us here at Ancient World Magazine. Let’s take a look back and see which ten articles were read most in 2019.

Kill the Minotaur
Review of a graphic novel
This blood-soaked and interesting retelling in graphic novel form of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur is written by Chris Pasetto and Christian Cantamessa, with art by Lukas Ketner.