Here today, bacon tomorrow. A pig’s tombstone.
Those more familiar with my blog may notice a pattern of the more bizarre and unusual topics or objects from antiquity appearing here. So this continues with a stele found… Read more »
Category: greece and rome
Eclipses in Antiquity
All history is based on dates, well, mostly, yet the further you go back the less specific they become. Not only do you have the difficulty of securing anything remotely… Read more »
Taking it on the chin: The beard in Greece and Rome
For the ancient Greeks the beard was a cornerstone of masculinity, to be in possession of a full beard marked you out as a fully adult male and in the… Read more »
Bees in Antiquity Part Two: Greece and Rome
As we have seen in the previous article, apiculture had become a sophisticated industry by the time Homer was composing epithets and gruesome deaths. It would also be foolish to… Read more »
Bees in Antiquity Part One: The Near East
A cave in southern Spain carries a simple image depicted on a wall. At first glance it might seem difficult to work out what is occurring, but then it clicks…. Read more »