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The Color of the Other: Importing Multi-colored Marble and Roman Constructions of the “Barbarian”

This week over at Hyperallergic, Sean Burrus and I published a co-written article on the use of variegated marbles (which have particolored … More

ancient art, ancient economy, ancient history, barbarians, hyperallergic, marble, orientalizing art, polychromy, roman, the other

Labeling Ancient and Modern Slavery within Museums

Over at Hyperallergic this week, I had an essay come out that was about four months in the making. It … More

3D modeling, ancient slavery, digital humanities, early american slavery, hyperallergic, museum labels, museum studies, roman, titus kaphar, worcester art museum

Eating Nocturnal Fruits: A Round-Up Of My Favorite Ancient and Medieval Posts of 2017

One of my favorite reflections on the act of writing was written by a late Roman historian, poet, and rhetorician … More

academic writing, ancient history, blogs, classics, history, Judaism, late antique, medieval, roman, round-up

To The Black Sea And Back: The Late Antique Dura-Europos ‘Shield’ Map

  Dura-Europos is an ancient site on the Euphrates river in modern-day Syria. The objects excavated at the site by … More

ancient rome, Archaeolgy, Armenian History, Arrian, color, Euxine, geography, Greek, HGIS, Maps, polychromy, roman, Yale

The Argument Made By The Absence: On Whiteness, Polychromy, And Diversity In Classics

It has been a few days since I published a piece on my Forbes blog regarding the perception of whiteness … More

ancient history, art history, classics, color, Greek, polychromy, racism, roman, whiteness

Modeling the Tincu House: A New 3D Model from Roman Gabii

Over on the Forbes blog this week, I explore the new publication of an interactive 3D model for a mid-Republican … More

3D modeling, archaeology, classical archaeology, digital humanities, digital scholarship and publishing, roman, university of michigan press

A Short History of Demons, Exorcism, And Possessed Women

Since last’s week accusation by Alex Jones that Hillary Clinton and President Obama were demons that smelled of sulfur, I … More

demonology, demons, Early Christianity, election2016, exorcism, femonisim, hell, Late Antiquity, medieval, paul, roman, women

‘Bind His Hands’: Curse Tablets and Charioteer Magic in Ancient Sports

Over on the Forbes blog this week, I wrote a bit about how social anxiety can be viewed through magic. … More

ancient sports, charioteers, curse tablets, epigraphy, Greek, lead tablets, magic, red sox, rivalries, roman, wrestling, yankees

What Not To Wear: A Short History Of Regulating Female Dress From Ancient Sparta To The Burkini

Over on the Forbes blog, I talk about the history of dress codes for women. As anyone who reads this … More

ancient, burkini, clothing, color, dress codes, Greek, Late Antiquity, polychromy, roman, underwear

‘Pass Me A Cold One’: A Short History Of Refrigerating Wine And Beer

Over on my Forbes blog, I have been writing about the history of iced beverages, particularly wine and beer. As … More

beer, drink, food, luxury, nero, roman, wine

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