Ancient World Magazine

Ancient World Magazine

We publish well-researched and engaging material about the ancient world, created by academically-trained archaeologists and ancient historians who are passionate about the past.

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Greek warfare and Homer

Greek warfare and Homer

27 min read

The griffin family of Lefkandi

The griffin family of Lefkandi

A twelfth-century-BC alabastron from Xeropolis-Lefkandi

12 min read

A rogue general and the sack of Rome

A rogue general and the sack of Rome

11 min read

A god in three dimensions

A god in three dimensions

11 min read

Production activities at archaeological sites

Production activities at archaeological sites

Proceedings of a workshop

7 min read

Misinterpreting the evidence?

Misinterpreting the evidence?

A fragment of a fresco from Pylos

8 min read

Encased in bronze

Encased in bronze

The panoply from a Mycenaean tomb at Dendra

24 min read

Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean

Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean

A new Companion published by Brill

Jason C. Morris

16 min read

Context matters

Context matters

Tackling a bad-faith argument against current iconoclasm

Josho Brouwers, Matthew Lloyd, and Joshua R. Hall

6 min read

A “landscape of memory”

A “landscape of memory”

Knossos in the Early Iron Age

13 min read

Statues are not mere symbols

Statues are not mere symbols

Material culture is meaningfully constituted

5 min read

Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West

Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West

A book from 2003 by Guy Halsall

13 min read