Greek Reporter

Greek and Roman Cooking Coexisted in One Ancient City of Italy

Archaeologists found Greek and Roman cooking pots in one Roman city were made the same way, revealing shared daily life.
La Brújula Verde

Latin pots and Greek casseroles: ceramics reveal the coexistence of Roman and Greek cooking in an Italian colony

In 328 BC, Rome founded the colony of Fregellae in southern Latium (Italy), at a strategic crossroads of roads and rivers.
Reuters

Old Easter tradition on the Greek island of Corfu is a smash

CORFU, Greece (Reuters) - Orthodox Easter celebrations on the Greek island of Corfu were a smash on Saturday - literally. Corfiots mark Holy Saturday with a strange old custom referred to as the ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Studying Pots

The vessels in the CU Art Museum's collection serve as examples of how archaeologists can tell where and when pots were made. Clay from different sources comes in different colors and degrees of ...
Wall Street Journal

Stories in Clay: Decoding Ancient Greek Pottery

In the Days of ancient Greece, huge amounts of pottery were produced to serve all the basic needs of daily life. In "How to Read Greek Vases" (Yale University Press, 2011), Joan Mertens, curator of ...