Edith Hall

The brutal reality of gladiators in Roman Britain

Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in 175 AD

Edith Hall 24 Jan 2025, 6:15pm
Why Roman women were more than just nymphomaniacs

4/5

Unfortunately, She Was A Nymphomaniac, by Joan Smith, is an exhilaratingly revisionist account of the women from the Julio-Claudian dynasty

Edith Hall 28 Oct 2024, 11:15am
Gold of the Great Steppe, review: a dazzling display of riches from the plains of ancient Kazakhstan

4/5

This insightful exhibition presents artefacts from the extraordinary burial mounds of the Saka people

Edith Hall 29 Sep 2021, 5:00am

This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet