The history of fire stations dates back all the way to ancient Egypt. The first fire brigade in...
Art History
The Bel Temple, Aleppo, 2004. Courtesy of and © Ross Burns. All rights reserved An archaeologist explains...
Roman gate at Porta Roman / Wikimedia Commons Introduction In the late-republican period a wall was built...
Christian buildings, Christian evidence in buildings, and destruction of buildings by Christians in ancient Ostia. Buildings Oratorio...
11.17.2015 Description: The Temple of Trajan, also called Trajaneum, is one of the most spectacular structures in...
View of the Roman forum, looking toward the Colosseum (photo: Steven Zucker) By Dr. Jessica Leah Ambler...
Roman Serapeum in Alexandria, Egypt / Photo by Jerzga Franklin, Pinterest Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh /...
Augustus as Pontifex Maximus: head covered, wearing the toga and calcei patricii (shoes reserved for Patricians), he...
Epitaph for Margarita, marble slab inscription / British Museum By Dr. Peter Kruschwitz / 08.14.2015 From The...
One of a Pair of Cups with Centaurs (detail), A.D. 1–100, Roman, found at Berthouville, France. Silver...
Tomb (of the Funeral Bed?), 470-60 B.C.E., found in the necropolis of Tarquinia (Villa Giulia, Rome) Author...
The ancient Roman city of Ostia was in antiquity situated at the mouth of the river Tiber,...
Left: A Sumerian tablet with cylinder seal impression of a hunter with hunting dogs and boars....
Stupa 3, 1st c., Sanchi, India (photo: Nagarjun Kandukuru) By Dr. Karen Shelby / 08.09.2015 Assistant Professor of Art History Baruch...
The warrior was buried in an olive grove outside the acropolis of Pylos. Though archaeologist Carl Blegen...
By Dr. Ethan Watrall / 10.27.2014 Assistant Professor of Anthropology Michigan State University To the Ancient Egyptians,...
Alfonso X of Castile and his court, as shown in the 12th-century Libro de los Juegos /...
Aztec Sun Stone (Calendar Stone) / National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City By René Voorburg Introduction A colored...
Introduction Horrea for grain – light blue; dolia defossa – dark blue; other store buildings – yellow;...
Tablet V of the epic of Gilgamesh. The left half of the whole tablet has survived and...
From a teensy skeleton to a dog’s tombstone, a tour through the most evocative death-related objects in...
Statue base of Hadrian set in the Theatre of Dionysus on the south slope of the Acropolis,...
Celtic Invasions / University of Oregon, Creative Commons Lecture by Dr. David A. Wacks / 10.30.2013 Professor...
The newly found Gospel book in Bulgarian, in the Cyrillic (Bulgaric) alphabet, was printed in Vilnius in...
By Carole Raddato / 01.24.2017 Hadrian and his travels have often served as the guiding thread for...
Arch of Constantine, Rome / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner / 04.21.2009 Dunham Professor,...
Side view of Herakleides in his current location in Getty Villa Gallery 206, Arts of Greco-Roman Egypt...
Mausoleum of Galerius, Thessaloniki (Central Macedonia), Greece / Photo by George M. Groutas, Wikimedia Commons Lecture by...
Segovia Aqueduct, Spain / Photo by Håkan Svensson, Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner /...
Illustrations of Roman Athens / AthensIn3D.com Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner / 04.09.2009 Dunham Professor, History...