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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.

An Etruscan necropolis in Orvieto
On the northern side of the cliff face of the town of Orvieto, in Umbria, lies Crocifisso del Tufo, an ancient Etruscan necropolis.

A break for the summer
Summer’s a busy time for us here at Ancient World Magazine, so we’re taking a short break. We’ll be back on the 13th of August.

Tools of the trade
The grave relief of Popidius Nicostratus
The museum of Boscoreale features a grave stone that belonged to an ancient Roman gromaticus or agrimensore, i.e. a (land) surveyor.