March 30, 2022
Video games with historical context are gaining popularity and UC director of the Department of Classics sees some virtue in the virtual alternative to traditional methods.
August 30, 2021
The Smithsonian Channel's "Secrets" explores UC Classics' archaeological discoveries in ancient Greece.
October 22, 2021
The UC Department of Classics led a walking tour of Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum to shed light on the family’s storied history and long connections to UC.
February 22, 2022
Smithsonian magazine highlights UC Classics' early work in Troy under professor Carl Blegen, whose work in the 1930s found evidence of a siege from the late Bronze Age that was mentioned in Homer's Iliad.
August 8, 2022
National Geographic highlights the University of Cincinnati's 2015 discoveries of a warrior's tomb that are helping to reveal secrets of ancient Greece.
May 19, 2023
University of Cincinnati doctoral graduate Sarah Wenner said lessons from the past can inform how we understand politics, society and culture today. The UC Classics alumna is studying the ancient city of Petra in Jordan as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow.
October 31, 2022
Discover highlights UC's DNA analysis showing that a Bronze Age Greek warrior was from the area he would come to rule.
October 31, 2022
The University of Cincinnati will join a historic delegation of U.S. academic institutions on a visit to Greece in November to explore new opportunities for student scholarship in both countries.
September 28, 2023
UC Classics Associate Professor Steven Ellis talks to National Geographic about the controversial topic of excavations at Pompeii. Some researchers say there is more to learn by unearthing the city. Ellis said preserving what is there is key.
August 25, 2022
Using new scientific tools, University of Cincinnati archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one day rule.