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
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. The Mediterranean and its trade routes… 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. The picture is of… Read more »