It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.

It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.

This week, noted ailurophile and Homerist Joel Christensen sings to us about new scholarship helping us to make sense of Homer and highlights a new book on lamentation and glory in the Iliad. Then, re...

Abstract This article describes an underutilized criterion for assigning dates to papyrus codices, the presence of very long sheets (kollemata) in the rolls from which the bifolia of papyrus codices w...

Scholars have been divided for years over whether a ring inscribed with the word “Pilato” belonged to Pontius Pilate. A new theory may put the debate to rest.

Her twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were made prisoners. But they still had a big role to play in Roman history.

A cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago.

As a made thing, a book comprises not one, but two sets of working components. There are the pieces of the book itself as you see it: the chapters, images, bibliography. But then there are the book’s…

History loves a villain, but the culprit was likely something much more mundane.

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Scandal and the Late Ancient Christian Historian - Volume 95 Issue 1

Cambridge Core - Global History - Censorship of History

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature

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In a new National Geographic docudrama series, the award-winning actor unveils the latest insights into the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Cambridge Core - Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible - Magic in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

“This is a tale of a man affected by trauma, but without any sense that it changed him at all.”

When I began this blog back in 2017, the mysteries surrounding Hobby Lobby and its biblical manuscripts were really driving some aspects of my research. Over the last decade, there has been thoroug…

Alt: Walking Odysseus through a forest followed by his men. From the Christopher Nolan movie

For centuries, Homer's epic poem and central character Odysseus have been misunderstood, but these are the main ways people get it wrong.

In June 2026, several prominent diabetes researchers, including Steven Kahn, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, were removed by police from the annual meeti

This edited collection invites fresh readings of play and storytelling in the Barbie movie (2023) through the lens of the Bible and theology. For Christopher B.…

Intrigue, whining, and negotiations—all these and more can be found in one of the greatest troves of ancient diplomatic communications.

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent. The Society of St.

Odysseus is one of the most famous hero's from ancient myth, yet he...

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