The study of ancient history uncovered civilizations, innovations, achievements, and legacies that laid the foundation for the modern world.
Ancient Greece was home to the world’s most incredible buildings, some of which still draw many tourists today.
Becoming a lingua franca in any era is never by accident. Ancient Greek would hold that title for nearly 1,000 years in the Near East and Mediterranean.
Archaeologists are rediscovering ancient Egyptian cities swallowed by time, sand, and sea. Learn the secrets of some of Egypt’s most interesting lost cities.
The Romans built superb but different roads that still endure today. This plunge into the Roman road network illustrates the four types that held the Empire together.
Hermes Trismegistus is the founding figure of Hermeticism, an elusive Greco-Egyptian philosophy that influenced the Renaissance and modern occultism.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, recounting the adventures of the semi-divine Sumerian king, may be the world’s oldest literary work. What does the narrative say?
Imperial Rome's legacy is more than the ruins left behind. Perhaps Rome's legacy resides in Latin, an unchanging language and the bedrock of legislation.
With more temples than any other Egyptian goddess, Hathor is an ancient and complex deity linked with fertility, fate, and the divine feminine in the cosmos.