
The Agia Triada sarcophagus
From Agia Triada comes a remarkable limestone sacrophagus with figurative scenes that may shed light on the nature of Bronze Age religion.

Jumping the bull
The bull-leaping fresco from Knossos
We take a closer look at the bull-leaping fresco from Knossos (now in Iraklion), one of many depictions of ancient Minoan bull-sports.

Egypt’s nightworld
An interview with Dr Kasia Szpakowska
Learn more about the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians in this interview with Kasia Szpakowska of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project.

Home of the Sibyl
The Greek colony of Cumae
About 18 kilometres west from Naples is the archaeological site of Cuma, which in antiquity was the home of the Cumaean sibyl (oracle).

Chamber tombs at Aidonia
Two intact graves of the Mycenaean era
Recently, two intact chamber tombs have been unearthed at the Mycenaean cemetery of Aidonia, near the ancient site of Nemea.

Names of ancient Greek ships
Did the ancient Greeks name their ships? The answer to that is yes. And with rare exception, the ships were given female names.

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
A farewell to arms
All good things must come to an end. I wrap up this series on Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey with a look at the associated books.

Ramesses III
Last defender of the New Kingdom
The last king of Egypt’s New Kingdom managed to stave off threats from without before being brought down by a conspiracy from within.

Arsinoe II Philadelphus
The archetype of Hellenistic Queenship
Arsinoe II, daughter of Ptolemy I and an enduring figure of the Lagid dynasty, became the model for succeeding Ptolemaic queens.

When two sites go to war
Settlement destruction in the late eighth century BC
After the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces in ca. 1200 BC, there is little evidence for destruction on this scale until the late eighth century.