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.
August 30, 2022
Archaeology magazine highlights UC Classics' discovery using ancient DNA that the Griffin Warrior was from the part of Europe that he one day would come to rule.
March 7, 2024
Housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, the classics program is filled to the brim with world-renowned faculty and access to many professional resources. Many classics students began their UC experience outside of classics but came to love the variety of skills and lessons to learn.
May 1, 2024
The Cincinnati Enquirer highlights a rare book found in a University of Cincinnati library that chronicled a high-profile murder trial in 1929.