It’s 75 CE. You’re a merchant from Rome who has come to buy some fish sauce in Pompeii. Rufus, a merchant from Pompeii, is giving you a tour of the city. You have just arrived in front of a large ...
Read more: Pompeii: A Guided Walking Tour (Part II)
I once spent two summers digging in Pompeii as an archaeologist. Pompeii is unique among all ancient sites. After the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the city was buried in layers of ...
Read more: Pompeii: A Guided Walking Tour (Part I)
Learning about ancient vases has just got more interesting. For hundreds of years, people have been collecting and studying ancient vases, fascinated by the amazing and often beautiful images that ...
Read more: Animating Ancient Vases