The fields cover the remains of hundreds of stone age farms. By Jenny SnookHistorian Overview The Ceide...
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In households, they appear to have been used in conjunction with cultic assemblages. Introduction Judean pillar figurines...
In recent decades, the site of Babylon has suffered considerable damage from problematic reconstructions of ancient buildings....
Corinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures...
Athens has been inhabited from Neolithic times, possibly from the end of the fourth millennium BCE, or...
Despite the scientific rigor of archaeology today, archaeological exploration is still an art and an adventure of...
Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral-poetic tradition by Minoan and Mycenaean singers starting in the...
Expressions of popular will were still constrained by an essentially oligarchic and aristocratic system. As a Classicist,...
Ancient Greek democracy had a number of practices which made it very different from modern democratic systems....
The Romans enjoyed serious endeavors and so the writing of historiography became very popular for upper class...
His works continued to be studied by professionals in international relations, political theorists, historians, and students of...
The Ara Pacis is, at its simplest, an open-air altar for blood sacrifice associated with the Roman...
Societies and cultures that seem ossified and entrenched were suddenly open to conquest, innovation, and social change....
The text, first published in 98 C.E., has a long legacy. By Emily T. Simon Ask a...
The course of study lasted for five years and consisted in the revision and analysis of classical...
Looking at legal institutions as complex systems of rules, players and symbols interacting with society. Introduction Legal...
Civil wars in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman statesman and general, attempted to take control of...
The Romans and Parthians used internal dissent and succession problems within the Seleucid royal house to bring...
Examining the guilds and professional associations driving ancient commerce in Hellenistic Roman Macedon. Establishment of a New...
A few experimental archaeologists are reclaiming recipes from ancient societies. By Keridwen Cornelius Around 2000 B.C., a...
Scientists discovered a living microbial mat that uses arsenic instead of oxygen for photosynthesis and respiration. Introduction...
Memories of the past were an important guide to the future. This is in part why the...
When someone died in ancient Egypt the funeral was a public event which allowed the living to...
Legends aside, Rome’s earliest beginnings are humble and relatively ordinary. The Eternal City Rome is often described...
By the time of the New Kingdom of Egypt the problem was so severe that Amenhotep I...
Ancient Egyptian culture began long before there was an Egyptian state. Introduction Ancient Egypt is known for...
Originally, the Cybelean cult was brought to Rome during the time of the Second Punic War (218...
In Athens, the cult of Athena Polias was the most important religious faction. Much like the Vestal...
Present knowledge indicates that the first permanent houses were constructed by the Adena people between 1000 BCE...
Examining the lifestyle of these early humans, their distinctive characteristics, and what they were like. By Lisa...