Harvest scene from the Ptolemaic tomb of Petosiris A study comparing eruptions and uprisings looks at how...
Ancient History
Ancient history reaches from the first cities of Mesopotamia to complex societies across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Its surviving evidence reveals how distant peoples understood power and made meaning from everyday life.
Examining the emergence of ancient Egyptian law out of religion and specifically arising from the concept of maat. By...
With moralistic gods watching, it’s easier to be fair and cooperative. Olivier, CC BY-NC-ND For human groups to grow from small,...
Exploring Xenophon’s ideas of virtue in leadership, excellence, and happiness. By Dr. Nili Alon Amit / 12.31.2016 Humanities...
A brief historical context of Xenophon’s Anabasis By Ian Joseph BA Cultural Anthropology, The University of Chicago...
Part of Themistocles’s wall in Kerameikos / Wikimedia Commons Built in several phases, they provided a secure...
Ancient Athens practically invented Western culture, but xenophobia led to the collapse of the Empire. Flickr/SantiMB The ancients...
In Ancient Greek texts, the king Lycaon is punished for misdeeds by being turned into a wolf....
The entrance of Sulla into Rome / Creative Commons Factions seeking to manipulate the system for control....
Examining ancient notions of how we should treat people in need of protection. By Dr. Sean WinterAcademic Dean,...
‘Metics’ in ancient Athens could also refer to immigrants invited by citizens and admitted on an otherwise non-discretionary...
Vercingetorix, atop his horse, surrenders to Julius Caesar. Painting by Lionel Royer. | Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons...
Decimation in Beaver’s Roman Military Punishments, by William Hogarth, c.1725 / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons Punishment by...
Kleroterion: This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
The Acropolis of Athens. Dominating the acropolis is the Parthenon, built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles, and...
The Athens Acropolis as seen from the Court of Cassation (Areopagus, i.e. the “Stone, or Hill, of Ares”)...
When Britain went it alone. Shutterstock Centuries ago Britain attempted to sever ties with the continent – and it ended in murder. By...
A neolithic farm in Scotland that may be the oldest in northern Europe. / Photo by Drewcorser, Wikimedia...
Left: Sumerian medical clay tablet – Medical clay tablet from Nippur dated to about 2200 BC is...
April 1562, The Timucua, an indigenous tribe in Florida, shoot burning arrows into the village of a...
Hunter-gatherer societies sustained humanity for millennia and still endure, showing how mobility and flexible social organization respond...
Petra became the center of trade between the Middle East and the Roman Empire. Edited by Matthew...
Petra, Jordan: The rock of Fassade and of “ed-Deir.” Andreas Voegelin, Antikenmuseum Basel. How a mysterious kingdom of...
Photo by japiot, Wikimedia Commons Examining a few references in the Homeric epics and Herodotus. Kosmos Society...
Octopus vase from Palaikastro, c. 1500 B.C.E., 27 cm high (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, photo: Wolfgang Sauber, CC...
Judas Maccabeus prevailing over the Seleucids, painting by Gustav Dore (1832-1883) / Wikimedia Commons Judas Maccabeus’ death...
Modern reconstruction of what the Second Temple would have looked like after its renovation during the reign of Herod I...
We speak of Greek religions or “cults” in the plural, though most of them shared similarities. Curated/Reviewed by...
The limestone Pyramidion of Ramose, from the top of the tomb of the ‘Necropolis Scribe’. Scenes on all four...
This elaborate set of ritual bronzes, consisting of an altar table and thirteen wine vessels, illustrates the...