For those of you who watched the recent sequel to Gladiator, imaginatively named Gladiator II, firstly you have our sympathies. Whatever that mess was, it was closer to ill-conceived fantasy than a heroic, historical epic. But amidst the pointless diversions, the weirdly cheap sets and the endless toga flapping from a poorly cast and out-of-form
A 2,000 year old metal spoon has been found on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom. Dating from the Iron Age, it is believed that this bronze spoon may be something very unusual. It is thought that this is a so-called “divination spoon” used for telling the future. Only 28 such examples have
Some of the finds from the cities destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius are ruined beyond restoration. Much was preserved but the destruction was immense, and the greater part of the contents of the houses were lost. Where they survive they are heavily damaged, and so it is with a charred scroll from Herculaneum, far
Wake up honey, new map of demonic Europe just dropped. If you want to sort your incubi (male sex demon) from your spiritus domestici (vaguely helpful poltergeist), your gnomes from your mermaids, now you can find out all you need to know from one map (and it’s free, too). The map, painstakingly compiled by researchers
Archaeologists working to excavate the ancient Anatolian city of Pisidia Antioch have found something special. An amulet has been unearthed which the team believes was used to treat cancer in ancient Turkey. The amulet, worked in a black and red stone known as “gemma,” contains inscriptions for healing, as well as the design of a
A field near Canterbury in southeastern England has given up another secret from Dark Age Britain: a 6th century sword dating from the mysterious Anglo-Saxon period which followed the withdrawal of the Romans. The sword was found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, and is both exceptionally well made and exceptionally well preserved. Duncan Sayer, Professor of