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09/04/2026

My review of the Corfu Kopis by Deepeeka which I bought a couple of years ago from Kult Of Athena

09/03/2026

The "sauroter" is the pointy thing on the back end of Hoplite spears on classical Greece. Living Antiquity with Adam Godfrey shows us his lizard sticker and gives us some historical background.

09/02/2026

Driving in Malaysia was fun. A bit more fun than the US.

09/01/2026

My hat is a failure. It was a good shot at a late antique Pannonian hat but it needs to be remade.

08/31/2026

I'm going to extra effort to satisfy my OCD on this one. But it is a cool little detail about the construction of Roman mail armor.

08/25/2026

Headed to Malaysia to do Costume Design for a historical film. I'm back now but this explains why I haven't been posting for the last month.

07/30/2026

Episode 5 of Season 3 is my favourite House of The Dragon episode yet... for two very specific historical reasons, caltrops and coins.

07/29/2026

My good friend started a channel!

In this video he talks about the act of pouring libations in the ancient world and the vessels used for this purpose.

07/28/2026

Get ready with me to see The Odyssey as a slightly spicy Ancient Greek. This impression is from the classical period so it is many centuries removed from historical setting of the Odyssey. I don't have a bronze age impression yet....

07/27/2026

I think the costumes in Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" were bad. And it's not because they weren't "historically authentic".

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