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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Phrasikleia and the boy
Phrasikleia and the boy
Two sixth-century Attic funerary statues

Matthew Lloyd

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An ancient stigma
An ancient stigma
Greek tattoo culture, part 2

Owen Rees

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An ancient stigma
An ancient stigma
Greek tattoo culture, part 1

Owen Rees

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I know a guy who knows a guy…
I know a guy who knows a guy…
The closeness centrality and its meaning

Arianna Sacco

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Tattooed Thracians killing Orpheus
Tattooed Thracians killing Orpheus
A red-figure krater from the Allard Pierson

Owen Rees

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Alexander’s underwater adventure
Alexander’s underwater adventure
A medieval story about Alexander the Great

Josho Brouwers

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In it for the booty?
In it for the booty?
A Geometric battle scene from Athens

Matthew Lloyd

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A survey of Mycenaean warfare
A survey of Mycenaean warfare
Evidence from the Late Bronze Age Aegean

Josho Brouwers

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Soldiers and Silver
Soldiers and Silver
A review of a book by Michael J. Taylor

Aaron L. Beek

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Flattening the palaestra ground
Flattening the palaestra ground
A red-figure cup from Rhodes

Josho Brouwers

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Did Odin come from Troy?
Did Odin come from Troy?
The Anatolian origins of the Norse pantheon

Josho Brouwers

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From Solon to Socrates
From Solon to Socrates
Aristotle’s model of correct and deviant government

Eugenia Russell

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