Archive - Culture Cross

Forget elections. Consider EJECTIONS

Ancient Athens' radical safeguard of equality: Ostracism

Nov 1 •

September 2024

Documentary | Herculaneum Scrolls

Discovery, Destruction, Decipherment

Sep 24 •

12:53

July 2024

This Is Not Plato

A detective story lurks behind artifact labels

Jul 26 •

June 2024

How do we know what the ancient Greeks looked like?

More to Pompeii's art than meets the eye

Jun 30 •

April 2024

What's next for (and behind) Culture Cross

Videos and more from Italy!

Apr 29 •

March 2024

How bold, tipsy Greeks gave us the Latin alphabet

An Alphabet Odyssey (+audio version)

Mar 31 •

20:05

February 2024

Why people are earning millions to reveal text destroyed by a volcano

What do the Herculaneum scrolls say?

Feb 28 •

December 2023

Did the real ole' St. Nick say "Ho Ho Ho"?

What the manuscript evidence says

Dec 19, 2023 •

November 2023

Where are the world's Greek manuscripts?

There are 75,725 known Greek-language manuscripts in the world.

Nov 29, 2023 •

October 2023

An Unbroken Text from the Hands of Antiquity

Edfu's guidebook to Greek Pharaohs and temple history

Oct 29, 2023 •

September 2023

The Literary Excavation of Delphi

When marbles belie and manuscripts lie

Sep 27, 2023 •

The Threatened Survival of Ancient Texts

Greek literature exists due to recurrent utility, not material preservation

Published on The Classical Futurist • Sep 6, 2023

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