Matthew Norman

It was once believed that Shakespeare was intimately familiar with ancient Greek tragedies and romances. However, that theory has long been discredited. How then was the great English playwright influenced by ancient Greece? Simply put, Shakespeare’s play... See more

The location of the entrance to Egypt’s only ‘floating’ pyramid, named after Egyptian Pharaoh Senusret II, stumped archaeologists for more than half a century, but what was found in the nearby workers’ village is the real story. Situated at El Lahun, abou... See more