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The Archimedes Codex: Revealing the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Palimpsest Reviel Netz and William Noel Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £18.99 Archimedes of…
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Household items provide a new picture of Pompeii's past…
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God’s Gold Sean Kingsley, John Murray, £25.00 (HB), £9.99 (PB) In AD 70, the Roman Emperor Titus finally conquered the Jews and…
How to survive ancient Rome: a travellers' low-down according to Philip Matyszak…
Richard Hodges sends news from Sicily and visits sites including Syracuse - one of many extensive Greek planned colonies along the south…
The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the decline of the West Adrian Murdoch Sutton, £18.99 Romulus Augustulus is very much the forgotten…
Chief Archaeological Adviser to English Heritage, David Miles, considers the archaeology and architecture of Venice and the impact of tourism thereon…
New scientific research is attempting to discern why Pompeii's paintings are turning black after excavation…
The Bankers of Puteoli: Finance, Trade and Industry in the Roman World David Jones Tempus, £19.99 In 1955, a hoard of over…
How Claudius, and then Trajan constructed an artificial harbour to supplement Ostia…