To celebrate its 60th anniversary and the book’s launch, a parliamentary reception - hosted by Dr Peter Swallow MP and the UK ...
In 2023, a viral TikTok question brought an ancient empire back to the forefront of our culture's consciousness. The question: "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?" The results were ...
English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...
1. The greatest glory for a general in ancient Rome was a triumph, a street party celebrating his greatest victories or, as Mary Beard puts it, his “biggest massacres, depending on whose side you were ...
Why do readers love books? For wisdom and wit, the lift of comedy and the noble pain of tragedy; for advice, comfort and entertainment. But content and sentiment apart, they are loved as objects. Most ...
Alexandria overshadowed Pergamon, yet the Anatolian library rivaled Egypt in scrolls, scholarship, and parchment, shaping the ...
Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered in Saqqara. The 10 images show ancient illustrations of gods and ...