When the collapse had run its course, the Mediterranean region entered a “dark age”. Introduction The Bronze...
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Today, the four major Buddhist branches are Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana and Zen Buddhism. Introduction Like any other...
Most of the royal actors in this story of expansion were contemporaries of the Buddha and had...
The toga has become the quintessential male garment of antiquity. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The toga was...
Agamemnon received heroic worship from the establishment of the sanctuary at Amyklai along with his consort Kassandra,...
Incan mummies (mallki) which escaped looters have, in most cases, been excellently preserved. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
Looking at the sum of knowledge when Alexander began his conquests from Macedon, the tiny kingdom in...
Caria was ruled by satraps who were subject to Cyrus the Great. Introduction Located at the crossroads...
Piracy was engaged in by governments and was often considered a legitimate act of war. Introduction Piracy,...
In reading Plato as Plato-the-Philosopher, one misses the nuances of Plato-the-Artist. Introduction The Dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato (l. 428/427-348-347 BCE) have...
The Peloponnesian war had been dragging on for 25 years, and the military situation was getting progressively...
Looking at ancient Israeli construction and architecture, writing, industrial tools, and weapons of war. Introduction Technology enabled...
Neither the course nor the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War was foreseeable at its outset. Of the...
Examples of curse-fine epitaphs range all over the ancient world. Introduction The concept of a curse laid...
The tale begins after Ra had created the world and was king of the gods and humanity....
One lived on in the presence of the gods, doing as one had done on earth, with...
They were considered the youthful bestowers of beauty in all its forms. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Graces (alsoCharites, sing. Charis)...
What the epigraphic and archaeological evidence have shown. For centuries, worshippers of Artemis flocked to the ancient...
Parthia controlled territories that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the...
Once a bustling metropolis, this long-lost Egyptian city flooded, sank, and was forgotten — until archeologists rediscovered...
There is little evidence remaining from the pre-Roman worship, as they left little footprints of their spiritual...
One of history’s most influential civilizations took shape, leaving behind a cultural legacy that survives in part...
These burial places formed the centers of small-scale chiefdoms and shared a set of sculptural motifs and...
A scribe would be remembered, not only by family and friends, but by a much larger audience...
Harper’s songs were lyrics composed in ancient Egypt to be sung at funeral feasts and inscribed on...
The Pratiharas were known chiefly for their patronage of art, sculpture, and temple-building. By Dr. Avantika LalHistorian,...
We’re still playing the same game, 2500 years later. There were apparently many anti-superstitious atheists in ancient...
The Res Gestae was a unique public relations move for the first emperor of the Roman Empire,...
Though his work was little read in the Roman world, it has influenced great thinkers such as...
Are you a student interested in the history and the facts surrounding Australia? If so, you are...