The Olympian gods punished the hunter Actaeon by having his own hounds tear him apart. But what exactly had he done wrong?

The archaeological museum of Perugia without a doubt houses the largest collection of Etruscan objects in Umbria.

The sculpture group of Laocoön and His Sons, on display in the Vatican since its rediscovery in 1506, is one of the most famous and fascinating statues of antiquity.

From the eleventh to the ninth centuries BC there is very little pictorial pottery in the Aegean. So why does a hydria from a grave at Lefkandi show a pair of confronted archers?

Nearly five years ago, my first book was published. Here’s a look back at the commercial edition of my PhD thesis and the lessons learned.

This article offers a closer look at a mummy portrait of a young woman in the collection of the Allard Pierson Museum.

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.

The archaeological museum of Orvieto features wall-paintings from Etruscan tombs found in the nearby village of Porano.

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

Grave stelae can bring us face to face with people from the past. Take, for example, the gravestone of Mnesarete, daughter of Socrates.