There was a desire for the continuity of the Roman decorative tradition and of the prestige attached...
Ancient
Ancient texts hold the Gutians responsible for the fall of the Akkadian Empire and the desolation of...
From the earliest times, treatments involved incantations, invoking the gods , and the use of magical herbs,...
One of the most difficult misconceptions to resolve is the question of methodology. By John C. Robison...
The sun loomed large in ancient Maya conceptions of the world. By Elizabeth Svoboda At the ancient...
Hadrian was a capable administrator and a competent military commander. Introduction No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian (r....
Celtic religion in Gaul changed from natural religion at the period of conquest by Caesar to civic...
Fathers occupy an outsized place in Greek myth. They are kings and models, and too often challenges...
Ancient Athenians and Romans also let shared mass tragedies propel justifications for going to war. Introduction On...
In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles and Anaxagoras offered arguments for the spherical nature of the Earth....
The Roman Empire began as a single city-state, and it ended the same way. Constantinople at first had...
Tales concerning Baal date back to the mid-14th and late 13th centuries BCE in written form. Introduction...
Though the Scythians had no temples, there is ample evidence of priestly function of their kurgans and...
Multiple back-and-forth movements are not surprising, and multidirectional migrations make pinpointing origins difficult. Introduction With 7600 perimeter...
The myth of Laocoön dates back to the seventh century BCE as part of a series of...
Saint Valentine is commemorated in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches on February 14. Introduction Saint...
The inhabitants of Çatalhöyük formed an egalitarian society. Introduction Ҫatalhöyük is one of the largest Neolithic settlements ever discovered. Built...
Myth can be told with the intent of being allegorical, symbolic, rational, romantic, theoretical, or analytical. By...
Hannibal appeals to many as the ultimate underdog, but it wasn’t just his genius on the battlefield...
A ‘Pyrrhic victory” denotes a victory that is so damaging to the winning side that it is...
Hammurabi’s punishments were far more severe than earlier law codes. Introduction The Code of Hammurabi was a set of...
Farming began in the 4th millennium BCE in the hill country of southeastern Turkey, western Iran, and...
What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa’s ancestors. Introduction Music has been...
The state of poverty in fact covers a variety of situations, but always leads to exclusion, primarily...
The elite classes in Rome and Athens found lucrative business endeavors necessary in order to climb their...
The Roman hierarchy created different rights and privileges, including voting rights, marriage rights, and more. Introduction Social...
Examining classical Athens’ distinctive approach to building a system of law and order. Abstract How do democratic...
Rhetoric took precedence over evidence in Ancient Athenian courts. By Lauren Davis Introduction To many modern audiences,...
For its courts, modern Europe turned to the old Roman cognitio in the form of the so-called Romano-canonical procedure....
Genetic research is shedding new light on the history of diseases. Introduction The death date of smallpox...