Kiwi Hellenist

One perennially popular question on ask-an-expert social media is: why do maps have north at the top? Is there a solid reason for it, or is ...

Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos has had an enduring effect on people’s perceptions of antiquity. Most of those perceptions are only half-true...

‘In the fourteenth century, most people believed the world was flat. ‘It makes you think.’ -- Victoria University of Wellington TV ad ...

Eratosthenes is one of the most famous individuals of the Greco-Roman world -- and justly so: he was a leading expert in cartography, philol...