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The Chigi Vase - Ceci n’est pas une phalange

  A jug made in Corinth but unearthed in an Etruscan tomb features an image that has been widely interpreted as representing hoplites fighting in p...

Sacrifice before battle - An ancient Greek ritual

Shortly before the Persian Wars, the ancient Greeks developed a new ritual, known as the sphagia, in which a male sacrificial animal would be kille...

Ancient Roman Board Game Found in Norwegian Burial Mound

Ancient Roman Board Game Found in Norwegian Burial Mound

Researchers unearthed a four-sided dice and 18 circular tokens JUNE 12, 2020 Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in western Norway have disco...