As a kid I grew up loving myths and was in part hooked after watching Jason and the Argonauts as a kid (the original). After finished a degree in Classics and History, I didn’t do the language part which I now regret, I studied for an MA part time at Birkbeck. I never thought I’d […]
Leave a Comment / ancient greece, Museum / ancientblogger In 1949 three brothers in Panagyurishte, a small Bulgarian town southeast of the capital Sofia, came across a number of artefacts whilst digging for clay. In total the nine objects weighed in at just over 6kg. They were made of 24-karat gold, though their worth cannot […]
Leave a Comment / Night of the Livy Dead, pumpkin vase / ancientblogger As you may know each year I carve a pumpkin with designs from antiquity (see here for a recent article I did which includes a how-to guide). It gets difficult each year to find something which is both within my capabilities and […]
Until recently the location of the Rubicon wasn’t clear, but now it’s been identified as what was previously known as the Fiumicino river. In the period of the late Republic it marked the southern boundary of Cisalpine Gaul, a province. Anyone crossing it was now within the direct control of Rome and this is the […]
Medusa and Perseus. On my YouTube channel I look at a famous Greek vase which depicts Medusa being decapitated by Perseus (it’s currently in the… Third #VaseVlog2018 of the year and it’s the turn of the Francois Vase and in particular the depiction of a the Calydonian Boar hunt.
Leave a Comment / Nuragic / ancientblogger Sardinian origins. The ancient Mediterranean was flush with cultures which existed prior to and alongside the Greeks and Romans who often soak up our attention. On the island of Sardinia there were a people who came to dominate the skylines with their towers and demonstrated their skill on […]
In 1949 three brothers in Panagyurishte, a small Bulgarian town southeast of the capital Sofia, came across a number of artefacts whilst digging for clay. In total the nine objects weighed in at just over 6kg. They were made of 24-karat gold, though their worth cannot be measured on this alone. The Panagyurishte treasure, as […]