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From phallus-shaped wind chimes to explicit erotica on lamps and cups, sex is everywhere in ancient Greek and Roman art. But our interpretations of these images say much about our own culture.
Though their activities were depicted alluringly in murals, the sex workers of Pompeii were slaves who lived hard lives.
Was there a ‘dinosaur Pompeii’ in China? New research questions the claim.
Archaeological and textual detective work is filling in some information about how ancient Romans used and thought about their sewers thousands of years ago.
The recent announcement that European scientists had pioneered a technique for reading papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum without unrolling them attracted widespread attention. At first glance, this might…
It seems that every time a new film based on historical events is released, there’s a rush to discuss accuracy, realism and what value the film might have for learning anything about the past. This is…
It was reported recently that a fresco has been stolen from Pompeii. Its absence must have been hard to notice. Flooding had severely damaged the already disintegrating frescoes in Pompeii, so one might…
Pompeii has always been a magical place for me with its vast avenues and huge government buildings, small familiar houses and gardens and, of course, the mummified bodies of town citizens, immortalised…
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Lecturer in Archaeology and Classical Studies, Adelaide University ; School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter
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Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey
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Doctoral Researcher in Classics, Trinity College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Geosciences; Director for the Boise State Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute, Boise State University
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Professor of Gender Studies, Chair in Sex Media and Sex Cultures, Linköping University
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