Articles on the ancient world

This page lists all of the articles that have been published on this website in reverse chronological order, so with the newest material listed first. This also includes most of the articles originally published on Ancient World Magazine (2017-2022), which are preserved here for posterity.

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“A Lady of York”

“A Lady of York”

The life and times of the Ivory Bangle Lady

8 min read

Africans in Bronze Age Crete?

Africans in Bronze Age Crete?

The “Captain of the Blacks” fresco from Knossos

8 min read

Vindobona

Vindobona

Vienna in Roman times

3 min read

The vastness of Rome

The vastness of Rome

Fabio Fernandes

14 min read

Competing for olive oil

Competing for olive oil

A Panathenaic prize amphora

4 min read

Sacrifice before battle

Sacrifice before battle

An ancient Greek ritual

3 min read

The phallus and the Evil Eye

The phallus and the Evil Eye

Phallic amulets in the Roman world

9 min read

The “Treasury of Atreus”

The “Treasury of Atreus”

A Late Bronze Age tomb near Mycenae

7 min read

Few but good

Few but good

The eigenvector centrality and its meaning

12 min read

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida

A medieval love story

4 min read

A face from the past

A face from the past

A plaster head from Mycenae

4 min read

Encounter with a sea-monster

Encounter with a sea-monster

Hercules at Troy

4 min read