An amazing resource for anyone interested in ancient Greek pottery has been made available through Getty publications for free. Toby Schreiber’s 1999 book Athenian Vase Construction: a Potter’s Analysis. Continue reading “Free resource about Athenian Pottery”
The so-called Pisonian conspiracy led by Giaus Calpurnius Piso, involved a number of the influential Romans in the plan to assassinate the Roman emperor Nero. Continue reading “A.D. 65 The Pisonian conspiracy revealed”
Recent research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE investigated the diet of Roman gladiators in the second and third centuries A.D. and were able to determine the diet of the gladiators and what appears to have been a Roman era energy drink. Continue reading “Gladiators drank the Roman equivalent of Red Bull”
The Colosseum has over the past two thousand years suffered due to environmental pollution, discolouring many of the Travertine surfaces. Continue reading “Colosseum makeover stage one nearly complete”
Over 250 Greek artefacts dating from the 2nd to the 5th Centuries BC were discovered during a raid for illegal weapons near the Sicilian city of Enna. Continue reading “Stolen Greek Artefacts discovered by Italian Police”
On 27 March a measure of security and stability was restored to Palmyra, with control over the archaeological city and airport taken back from Isis. Continue reading “Palmyra to be restored”
British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves has yet again thrown historians and archaeologists into a loop. Continue reading “Was Tutankhamun’s mask originally meant for someone else?”
The Monaco Grand Prix predates the current Formula One world championship, which began in 1950. Continue reading “1929 – The First Monaco Grand Prix”
researchers from the University of Sheffield investigating a large imperial state in Italy have discovered evidence of wine production on the site reaching an industrial scale. Continue reading “Roman wine produced on an industrial scale”
On this day April 6 46 BC the Republican forces of the Optimates led by Metellus Scipio fought against the forces of Julius Caesar outside the African city of Thapsus (modern day Tunisia). Continue reading “46 BC Caesar wins the battle of Thapsus”
A study by a team of researchers from the University of Auckland, the Max Planck Institute and Victoria University has concluded that the ritualistic killing of humans supported social stratification. Continue reading “Human sacrifice supported social stratification.”
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On this day 5 April 1964 the American General Douglas MacArthur died at the age of 84. Continue reading “1964 – Douglas MacArthur the American general died”
One of the great mysteries of the ancient world that many have tried to solve is exactly which path Hannibal used when crossing the Alps to attack Italy in the second Punic war. Continue reading “Scientists confirm Hannibal’s route over the Alps”
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