Ancient History

Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?

By Miljan Vasic

7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed

By Anna Gustafsson

Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?

By Caleb Howells

How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)

By Nathan Hewitt

Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders

By Anthony Arcane

What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World

By Colin J Campbell

What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?

By Vedran Bileta

Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation

By Laszlo Garzuly

Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)

By Nathan Hewitt

Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh

By Nathan Hewitt

King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh

By Nathan Hewitt

4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles

By Gemma Noon

Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead

By Claire Gilmour

Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior

By Rhianna Padman

10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses

By Rhianna Padman

Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?

By Mirjana Uzelac

4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World

By Lauren Lewis

Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae

By Nathan Hewitt

How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?

By Nathan Hewitt

Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles

By Jared Krebsbach

7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know

By Anna Gustafsson

4 Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age

By Ben Hume

6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports

By Anna Gustafsson

What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?

By Vedran Bileta

Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization

By Greg Beyer

Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era

By Greg Beyer

Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley

By Greg Beyer

3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities

By Greg Beyer

Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History

By Greg Beyer

A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art

By Sebastian Maydana