Ancient History Magazine

Editor-in-chief: Jasper Oorthuys Editor: Owain Williams Assistant editor: Lauren van Zoonen Proofreading: Naomi Munts Design & Media: Christianne C. Beall Contributors: Jo Ball, Jessica Clarke, Manon Henzen, David Kertai, Jona Lendering, Sean Manning

Several blocks of white cheese dating back to the 26th and 27th Dynasties of ancient Egypt (664-404 BC) have been found by archaeologists working at Giza's Saqqara necropolis. The sixth archaeological mission to Saqqara exposed several pottery recept

Going to the theatre is now, for most, a rare event, if people go at all. Yet, for the ancients, theatre was one of, if not the, primary forms of entertainment, and in its early stages (pardon the pun) the theatre had a central civic importance. It i

The discovery of eighty skeletons during excavations in the city of York, England in 2004-2005 caused a sensation at the time. Forty-eight of them had been decapitated from behind. The question archaeologists then asked was: who were they? Now visito

Picture yourself on the south slope of the Acropolis in ancient Athens. Far below you out towards the horizon is the bustling port, the Piraeus. It's late March; ships can sail in and out again. Seated on a wooden bench, set on the hillside, you're e

The only descriptions that we have of ancient mask types come from Julius Pollux, a Greek scholar in the third century AD, who was born in Naucratis in Egypt but who lived and worked in Athens. He wrote a text called the Onomasticon, in which he desc

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ISBN: 978-1398113091 Amberley Publishing (2022) - £16.99 www.amberley-books.com There is certainly a lot of choice in books on the most well-known Roman monument in Britain. This new book is written by Dr Andrew Tibbs, the man behind the @RomanScotla

ISBN: 978-1350186477 Bloomsbury (2020) - £28.99 www.bloomsbury.com Modern society is all too aware of the potential that the arts have for exploring contemporary identities and politics. Comedians have always been pointing to the contradictions in pe

By Graham Ley University of Chicago Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0226477619 Greek theatre is a very broad subject with a great many facets, from architecture to literature and language. In this Short Introduction, Ley provides a comprehensive overview of th