Hi, I’m Josho Brouwers.

I’m an archaeologist writing about the ancient world in a way that aims to be accessible to all. This website also features articles written by fellow archaeologists and ancient historians.

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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

Early Rome

Early Rome

Ancient World Magazine podcast #13

25 November 2021

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

Studies in Bronze Age Aegean Archaeology

Studies in Bronze Age Aegean Archaeology

A book celebrating the career of John G. Younger

12 min read

A face from the past

A face from the past

A plaster head from Mycenae

4 min read

Early Rome to 290 BC

Early Rome to 290 BC

A review of a book by Guy Bradley

Parrish Elizabeth Wright

15 min read

Encounter with a sea-monster

Encounter with a sea-monster

Hercules at Troy

4 min read

Challenging Zeus

Challenging Zeus

The monstrous Typhon

6 min read

In memoriam

In memoriam

On the loss of one of Hercules’ fingers

2 min read

Medusa at the edge of Empire

Medusa at the edge of Empire

10 min read