Tag: Ancient

Memento Mori: How Smiling Skeletons Have Reminded Us to Live Fully Since Ancient Times

The expression "Yolo" could be a pash enough to require explanation. Some…

Ancient Carnuntum is Austria’s Roman Surprise | by Jeff Miller | Aug, 2025

A zoom image will be displayedModel of the ancient Roman capital of…

How the Ancient Greeks Built Their Magnificent Temples: The Art of Ancient Engineering

Doric, Ion and Corinth: These are three varieties of classic columns, as…

How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”

Photo courtesy of Washington State University. In recent years it has become…

Tip-Off #209 – Authorship and the Ancient Debate

John Lund//Getty ImageThe sudden rise of advanced AI that can mimic human…

How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome: A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals an Ancient Tax Evasion Scheme

It certainly wasn't a coincidence New York Times Published That story about…

Forgotten Footnotes from the Ancient World, #1 | by Jeff Miller | Mar, 2025

From the perch in San Francisco, Hebe, a Greek young man and…