academia
Across the world—from the United States to Canada to Australia—departments and museums within higher education are closing. This week, ancient historian Geoffrey Greatrex discusses the suspension of the honors program in Greek and Roman studies at the University of Ottawa, Morag Kersel examines the closing of the DePaul
ancient history
This week, classicist Curtis Dozier discusses new books—including his own—that critique Classics and the ways it is instrumentalized. Then, the role of Blackness in the imagery of the Middle Ages, an important new Edmonia Lewis retrospective, repatriating the Benin Bronzes, the pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom's use of
philosophy
This week, intellectual historian and classicist Inger N.I. Kuin discusses her new book on Diogenes and ruminates on the controversy in Texas surrounding teaching Plato. Then, a new edited, open access volume on the Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy and another on the joy of Chinese philosophy, a novel
ancient history
This week, the one and only Tori Lee returns with her annual ancient world gift guide. Then, racing to preserve Sudan's cultural heritage, a new study on domestic cats assesses the leopard cats of ancient China and the impact of the Roman road system on spreading them to
ancient history
This week, media psychology and classical reception specialist Kristen Leer discusses Ancient Egypt in horror movies and the problems surrounding "Egyptomania." Then, mapping the thousands of miles of Roman roads, protests hold up the opening of the MOWAA, tarot cards and Platonic philosophy, opium in Ancient Egypt, stone
Ancient World
This week, historian of early Islamic material culture Rhiannon Garth Jones breaks down the reception of Roman antiquity during the Ottoman Empire. Then, dispelling myths about the Black Death; archaeologists discover wampum beads at a 17th century colony in Canada; celebrating Native American Heritage Month; open access books on Aristotle,
ancient history
It is almost Halloween! Spooky season means that the internet is full of creepy content, but your editors are here to sort through the chaff and get you the best of the best from the ancient world. 🎃 In public humanities, a digital project allows people to read cuneiform and many
News
This week, Mellon Leadership Fellow and Nero scholar Lauren Donovan Ginsberg busts the myth of the useless humanist. Then, new ancient world scholarship, new journal issues for a global antiquity, upcoming workshops and much more.
thucydides
Escaping the Thucydides Trap, Sequencing Ancient Egyptian DNA & Roman Sardines, Etruscan Textile Workshops, Repatriating Chinese Manuscripts & Much More
global antiquity
Gamifying the Past, Louse-y Wool, Neanderthal Fingerprints, the Women of Pompeii, Classicism and Other Phobias & Much More
global history
Slavery & the Economy of Pompeii, Inequality in Ancient Rome & Han China, Classics & Race, Finding the Phoenicians, Sealskin Manuscripts, and Much More
art history
Roman Women and the Army, Myths of the "Roman Salute, Peruvian Tattoos & More