A masterful militarily astute and diplomatically strategic queen. Halicarnassus was a Graeco-Carian city that belonged to the empire of...
Ancient
You might say the Roman emperor Septimius Severus was a dreamer, but he wasn’t the only one....
Our knowledge of the ancient world owes a lot to chance discoveries. Here, we share the stories...
Persian gained prominence as a literary language and a lingua franca—a common cultural language—about a thousand years...
This tetrapolis (“land of four cities”) was to remain the core of the Seleucid Empire. Antioch was...
An ancient Arctic site suggests a complex relationship between humans and dogs. By Lea Surugue In the...
A new study suggests young dogs were frequently buried with humans in China some 3,000 years ago,...
Early spiritual and religious concepts developed to deal with an occasionally but worldwide seen natural phenomenon which...
The architecture of ancient Sri Lanka displays a rich diversity. Introduction The architecture of ancient Sri Lanka displays a rich diversity,...
Although given basic defensive features, forts were never designed to withstand a sustained enemy attack. By Mark...
The Battle of Zama not only ended the Second Punic War, it also established the Roman army...
Throughout history, Iran was always a cradle of science, contributing to medicine, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy. Introduction...
The origin of Buddhism points to one man, Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, who was born in...
Cicero’s life was marked by a tension between the life of a politician and that of a...
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
Political and moral views are framed in terms of a fight between patriot and traitor, law and...
The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a “monster,” and the surviving sources are universal in...
Forty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. By Edelia...
A shrine to a “wise woman” fulfilling an oraculor role. By Philippe BohstromArchaeologist The town of Abel Beth...
Examining cult and religion in Philistia during the Iron Age. By Dr. David Ben-ShlomoProfessor of ArchaeologyAriel University...
A local legend in Yemen states that Aden may be as old as human history itself. Introduction...
The Tanks were mentioned in some manuscripts after the coming of Islam to Yemen in the 7th...
His first visit to Rome was around 163 CE during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius...
The area of North Africa which has been known as Libya since 1911 was under Roman domination...
Remaining examples include religious, mathematical, musical and astronomical texts. Key Points The principal languages of ancient Mesopotamia...
Both time and writing, and many other aspects of our daily lives, were invented by the Sumerians...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
The Canaanites were the people who inhabited the land of what is now Israel and Palestine before...
Canaanite religion was polytheistic, and in some cases monolatristic. Introduction Canaanite religion refers to the group of...