A Man Found a Roman Mosaic on a Farm. It May Show a Lost Version of an Infamous Conflict.

Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s Iliad as originally deduced, the mosaic may actually be a reference to the ...
Greek City Times

Everyday Ancient Greek & Roman Items Shine at ANU Classics Museum

Discover ordinary ancient objects—like strigils, cheese sieves, and fingerprint-marked Roman dishes—at Australia's ANU Classics Museum, bringing 2,000-year-old daily life to the present while ...

DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain's Bronze Age population

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.
The Economist

Why readers and viewers hunger for Hannibal Lecter

From the moment Hannibal Lecter appeared in “Red Dragon”, a psychological-horror novel of 1981, readers were captivated by the character. Since then, the psychiatrist-turned-cannibal has featured in ...