Life in the Past Lane
Dr Jess VennerJoin my history cult. Stories of history’s lost voices, breaking archaeological news, and fresh insights into the ancient world from a full-time historian with a PhD. Uncover the past with me, Dr Jess Venner.
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The Ancient King Who Couldn't Be Poisoned
While visiting the Ashmolean Museum’s latest exhibition, Bloom, an exhibition exploring the history of flowers (excellent as ever, by the way), I was drawn in for some time by this small pottery jar.
Pharmacy jar for Mithridatum (around 17...
Threads of Fate and the Art of Living
“He must look to meet whatever events his own fate and the stern Klothes (Clotho) twisted into his thread of destiny when he entered the world and his mother bore him.”
(Homer, Odyssey 7.193)
To the Romans, Death was someone who you knew...
Form, Flesh, and the Fracture of Desire
Stourley Kracklite’s ‘final supper’ before descent. (Credit: Film Grab)
Beneath the marble vaults of Rome’s Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, Peter Greenaway’s ailing protagonist, Stourley Kracklite, presides over a dinner arranged with the...
Dead Good Advice #1: Marcus Aurelius and the (Imaginary) Need for Approval
The modern world is becoming uninhabitable, for it is making our minds uninhabitable, too. This morning, I received a call from my lovely friend Cosi, and we found ourselves discussing the subject of the modern need for approval. As we spok...
The era of ‘faux-thority’
Visibility has become the new currency of power. It is no longer enough to persuade through knowledge or integrity. Instead, one must command attention so completely that no other voice can break through. Those who succeed in this new econo...
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Postdoctoral Ancient Historian, author & storyteller of history’s lost voices. First for archaeological news. Best friends with my coffee machine. And my dog.
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