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How did Hammurabi’s code change the world? Discover the history of the world’s first written laws, the origins of an eye for an eye, and its lasting legal legacy.
Originating in the Goryeo Period (37 BCE–668 CE), the Goryeo Tomb Murals tell us stories of daily life, mythology, and spiritual beliefs at this time.
Archaeology suggests that human sacrifice may have been conducted among the Minoans, but was it connected to the Minotaur and Minoan bull leaping?
A newly discovered elephant bone in southern Spain is providing unique scientific evidence of Carthaginian war elephants in Iberia. It is also raising fresh questions about Hannibal’s legendary march on Rome.
King Alyattes is credited with creating the Lydian Lion coin around 600 BCE, which changed how trade was undertaken.
The Hellenistic world was characterized by constant conflict between Alexander’s successors and their heirs. These five battles shaped the Hellenistic World.
Homer’s Iliad is about the destructive pursuit of honor set against the backdrop of the Trojan War, but how does the poem depict morality?
Tragic victim or ruthless murderer. Who was Medea in Greek mythology?
