An international team of researchers, with the participation of the University of Tübingen, have discovered the earliest evidence for the intentional construction of plant “beddingâ€. An international… [continue reading]
Reflections on the earliest Phoenician presence in North-West Africa By Eleftheria Pappa TALANTA, Vol.40-41 (2008-2009) Introduction: In the last few decades, and especially in the 1990s, Morocco has enjoyed an extensive… [continue reading]
Carmina: Odes and Carmen Saeculare By Alessandro Barchiesi The Cambridge Companion to Horace, ed. S. Harrison (Cambridge, 2007) Abstract:Â This is obviously a generalizing piece, not a research paper, but Horace is frequently taught at college level… [continue reading]
Ancient King Gives Dog A Royal Burial By G.A. Reisner The American Kennel Gazette, Vol.55:5 (1938) Introduction:Â What should be of unusual interest to all dog lovers is the fact that the Harvard-Boston Expedition not so long ago… [continue reading]
Organisation of the Roman Clothing and Textile Industry: Skill, Occupation, and the Gender-Segmented Workforce By Marjorie Jerrard Monash University Working Paper (2000) Abstract:Â The… [continue reading]
Marriage and Strife in Euripides’ Andromache By Loukas Papadimitropoulos Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, Vol. 46 (2006) Introduction: Euripides’ Andromache is one of the least appreciated Greek tragedies. The play has baffled… [continue reading]
Paganism and its influence on the development of Christianity: an honors thesis By Steven P. Koehneke Undergraduate thesis, Ball State University, 1996 Abstract: This honors thesis is intended to explore… [continue reading]
Piracy in the Ancient World: from Minos to Mohammed By Philip Charles de Souza PhD Dissertation, University College London, 1992 Abstract:Â This thesis is an historical analysis of the phenomenon of piracy in the ancient… [continue reading]
UNESCO and Italy have agreed to collaborate on the restoration of the Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1997. International attention turned to the World Heritage… [continue reading]
Women in Roman Life and Letters By F. E. Adcock Greece and Rome, Vol. 14, No. 40 (1945) Introduction: The infant community of Rome grew up with neighbours who conceded a fairly high place to women. Etruscan sepulchral art suggests as much; the tomb paintings… [continue reading]
