Ancient Greek vase depicting Achilles and Ajax playing a game. Credit Sailko, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Advertising and marketing flourished in Ancient Greece and Rome. Although they lacked the sophistication of modern advertising campaigns, there were certainly efforts to draw attention to goo
The ancient votive plaque at the Yorkshire Museum which was inscribed by Demetrios almost two thousand years ago “to Oceanus and Tethys.” Credit: Yorkshire MuseumA man known as Demetrios was among the first Ancient Greeks to have traveled to England over two millennia ago.Two small copper-alloy tabl
Castrignano dei Greci, a town in southern Italy, is in an area that has been inhabited since the 8th century BC. Photo of Piazza Castello. Credit: Freddyballo Wikimedia Commons CC By-SA 4.0The inhabitants of Castrignano dei Greci, a town in southern Italy, speak a Greek dialect that reflects the are
An ancient skyphos. Credit: Jastrow / Wikimedia Commons / Public domainArchaeologists have uncovered rare evidence that Greek and Roman cooking coexisted in a single ancient city, not by blending traditions but by quietly sharing the same tools beneath the surface.The discovery comes from Fregellae,
Linear B script. Credit: Sharon Molerus, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Mycenaeans, the Bronze Age Greeks behind the world of Homer’s Iliad and famed for their monumental Cyclopean walls, were also Europe’s first record keepers. Far beyond the legendary King Agamemnon and imposing citadels, the kingdom of Mycen
South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and cultural sphere. Credits: Wikipedia commons/ Kaho CC BY-SA 2.0South Asia was once the easternmost part of the Ancient Greek world, an important but little-explored region of th
Hercules and Atlas, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1537. Credit: Public domainThe Pillars of Hercules, also known as the Pillars of Heracles, are a geographical feature mentioned frequently in ancient Greek texts. They are most commonly associated with the entrance of the Mediterranean at the Strait
Odysseus recognizes Achilles amongst the daughters of Lycomedes after Odysseus (to the left) hid a helmet and a sword among his gifts to the girls. Achilles could not resist the lure of the weapons, and revealed his identity (Gauffier. Romae. 1791). Credit: AliciaFagervingWMSE-bot. Public domainWhil
Theseus in the Minotaur’s Labyrinth, Edward Burne-Jones, 1861. Credit: Public domainAccording to Greek mythology, King Minos of Crete had an incredible Labyrinth at Knossos. He would place unlucky victims in the Labyrinth to be killed by the Minotaur. This was a half-man, half-bull monster. Although
The mystery of the Minoan Phaistos Disc has been "solved by 99 percent" says linguist and archaeologist Gareth Owens.Phaistos Disc. Credit: C. Messier/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-4.0The Phaistos Disc, discovered in 1908 in Crete, has long been a subject of intrigue due to its undeciphered symbols arr