An analysis of the Aeneid and the extent to which it can be taken as a commentary...
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The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea...
Such states and fiefdoms would again emerge during later dynasties as a political expedient when required. Introduction...
Slavery, for many civilizations throughout human history, has been an inescapable fact. By Harrison Kavanagh Like all...
The clergy of ancient Egypt did not preach, interpret scripture, proselytize, or conduct weekly services. Introduction The...
She is best known for her works, Inninsagurra, Ninmesarra, and Inninmehusa, all three hymns to the goddess...
Dogs played a major role in religious rituals as recorded by Zoroastrian texts. Introduction Dogs have been...
Introduction The mythology of any civilization reflects its core values, greatest fears, and highest hopes and so...
Hesiod (c. 700 BCE), writing in his Theogony, tells us that the Cyclopes were the children of...
The opposition between East and West, Europe and Asia, Us and Them stretches back into antiquity. The...
Bronze bells were first made in Korea in the Bronze Age. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The metalworkers...
They were constructed as tombs for elite members of the community. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Dolmens (in...
Fertility cult, however loosely and often unhelpfully defined, has long been an accepted element of ancient religious...
The political climate was marked by civil discord and rampant political violence. By Jesse SifuentesHistorian Introduction Lucius...
Examining the main flaws in the court system in the days of Homer. By Dr. Alexandr LoginovProfessor...
How examining migration in the distant past provides new insights into human history. By Dr. Daniel Shriner,...
Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world. Seventy-seven thousand years ago,...
The history of the Roman Empire offered many vivid examples of how absolute power could corrupt absolutely....
Power, and the desire for more, is always corruptive, as illustrated by the life of Gaius Marius....
Archaeological remains attest to a rise in urbanization in the 10th century BCE as reflected in building...
Introduction The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age – a term...
The Stone Age as a whole makes up around 99% of humanity’s technological calling card. By Emma...
It must be recognized that stone was by no means the only material used for tools throughout...
Mystery cults have some characteristics not usually found in more traditional Roman religions. By Stephen Matthiesen The...
That a republic may vanish is an elementary schoolbook fact. By Dr. Garet Garrett The Roman Republic...
The myth, in time, became the reality. Introduction Originality in literary compositions in the ancient world did...
Thousands of years after his rule, Nebuchadnezzar’s name lives on in his buildings and in ancient literature....
A highly important function of the Forum Romanum was as a center of administration and politics. The...
The patricians were distinct from the plebeians because they had wider political influence, at least in the...
The U.S. National Park Service has overseen the site’s ruins since it was first registered in 1924...