https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/08/mysterious-new-objects-found-at-pompeii/124397 Check out my news article for Heritage Daily on recent discoveries at Pompeii this month https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/08/mysterious-new-objects-found-at-pompeii/124397
Author: labhistorical
A day in the life of a Roman soldier
A day in the life of an Ancient Athenian
Ted-Ed brings another animated video of Athenian daily life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8S6virCwM
Pandora – the reason for women’s troubles?
The story of Pandora has always interested me as an example of women being blamed for all the ills of the world. There's no doubt that the Christian idea of Eve and original sin traces the same idea of women as the root of all evil. But really, in the grand scheme of Greek mythology … Continue reading Pandora – the reason for women’s troubles?
Athens is winner of European Capital of Innovation
This comes as no surprise having witnessed for myself on a visit this year how much Athens has changed in new and interesting ways over the past couple of years. Hopefully the 1 million euro prize money will be spent wisely to encourage more start up innovation across the city and help the creative young … Continue reading Athens is winner of European Capital of Innovation
Complete chariot burial found in Yorkshire
The skeletons of two complete horses and the complete preservation of a chariot are a remarkable Iron Age find in the town of Pocklington in Yorkshire this month. I hope when the finds get removed and eventually displayed in a museum they can preserve the way in which they were found from the excavation photographs. … Continue reading Complete chariot burial found in Yorkshire
Hadrianopolis theatre used again!
Interested to see the theatre of Hadrianopolis (outside Gjirokaster in Albania) being used for theatrical performances, 1800 years after it was built. I helped to excavate the theatre back in 2013...sadly we did not find a porticus beside it but I did find a bronze tetradrachm with a striding Zeus, a Byzantine Ionic column and … Continue reading Hadrianopolis theatre used again!
This is Athens
Here are some of my favourite videos showing life in the city of Athens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dm57Ed-2KU&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbokVfMWm2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTr7eQlB4g And finally here is what the ancient city may have looked like from the new Assassin's Creed game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8cWF-29lI&t=55s
Athens, Rising – New York Times
Charly Wilder provides an account I recognise of the changes that Athens has gone through since its government debt crisis in 2014-15. I lived right at the heart of the city at the time and three years on when I visited this Easter I could see so much of what Wilder describes here. Indeed my … Continue reading Athens, Rising – New York Times
Four sisters in Ancient Rome
The lives of women and girls in Ancient Rome is often overlooked. Here Ray Laurence from the University of Kent gives his perspective on the day in the life of girls of different ages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQMgLxVxsrw&list=PLJicmE8fK0EgNHRx17zPyeT6Ou-0wGV9U
Laura Aitken-Burt 