Michael C Scott
How to survive a siege
In an ancient manual about warfare, Aeneas offers hints, tips, tricks, practical solutions and advice about preparing for, surviving and fighting back a city siege and how to use a
A new visual Homer?
Ancient Greece was an important source of inspiration for Karl Lagerfeld’s stylings for the 2011 Pirelli calendar.
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Looking at ancient Greece from South America
Michael C Scott from Classics at Cambridge University writes from Rio di Janeiro on that nation’s links to Ancient Greece
An Ancient Greek walks into a bar…
Did the Ancient Greeks tell jokes? Michael C. Scott has a look behind the punchlines
The Spectacle of drama
Michael C. Scott reveals the stark difference between theatre in ancient Greece and today
Carrot pill anyone?
Medical pills found aboard an ancient Greek shipwreck provide insight into ancient treatments and complex trading networks
More than just a game-the ancient Greek Olympics
The ancient Greek Olympics were games where athletes competed for eternal glory
A Greek community on the boundary
Michael C Scott discusses extraordinary remains of Greek settlement in modern day Libya
How did Praxiteles see me naked?
Michael C Scott unclothes the history of statues.
Inventories of the ancient world
Inventories may sound pretty boring, but they reveal the changing fortunes of ancient Greece.