Allegedly around 1000 BCE, David was the eighth son (and youngest) of Jesse, from the tribe of...
Ancient
Pyongyang was the capital of several successive ancient Korean kingdoms. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Located on the...
King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in the Levant by the time of...
Rome’s ruthless upstart was really a savvy insider, until fortune turned her back on him. On October...
Due to its agricultural nature, her cult had tremendous appeal to the average Roman citizen, more so...
Mystery religions formed one of three types of Hellenistic religion. Introduction Mystery religions, sacred mysteries or simply mysterieswere religious schools...
The Lyceum had been used for philosophical debate long before Aristotle and stood long after. Introduction The Lyceum (Ancient...
Plato conceived education as an art of perfecting human beings. By Br. Francis Maluf What Is Education?...
The Mediterranean Sea was the economic focal point of the Roman Empire. By Michael GoodyearJ.D. CandidateUniversity of Michigan...
The wealth of Egypt was owed in large part to the unrivaled fertility of the Nile. By...
The types of Christianity they professed had important differences that led to a lack of recognition and...
Something very important to note about Augustus and his political, societal and religious views is the significant...
The Kushan Empire reached its cultural zenith circa 105 – 250 C.E. and extended from Tajikistan to...
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic successor state of Alexander the Great’s empire, which at its height...
Chinese alchemists developed methods for manipulating minerals and altering the state of substances. Introduction Most of us...
The ancient Near East, and the Fertile Crescent in particular, is generally seen as the birthplace of...
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected...
The architecture of ancient Korea is epitomized by the artful combination of wood and stone. By Mark...
Zoroaster is the name by which this prophet is known in the west (Greek Zoroastres), which is...
Susa began as a small village in the Neolithic Age around 7000 BCE. Introduction Susa was one of...
A trilingual inscription has been discovered on the hillside around the tomb of Darius in Naqshe-Rustam. Two...
The Arch is a huge conglomerate of imperial Roman sculpture as many parts of it were recycled...
Using the family relationships between single-celled protists alive today, researchers hypothesized what their evolutionary ancestors looked like...
Newly found fossils point to a link between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and the first emergence...
Contact between Korea and China goes back to mythology and prehistory. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Contact between...
Although they were the minority, some women did manage to rise above the limitations imposed on them...
The ancient synagogue represents an inclusive, localized form of worship that did not crystallize until the destruction...
The Torah deals with the origins of not only the Israelites, but also – at least according...
Jericho started as a popular camping ground for the hunter-gathers of the Natufian culture dating to 10000...
Whoever the ancient Canaanites were, their identity was lost in the successive invasions by foreign people interested...