The study of ancient history uncovered civilizations, innovations, achievements, and legacies that laid the foundation for the modern world.
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.
From bronze to iron, to bone and leather, the soldiers of the ancient world were clad in a large variety of interesting types of armor.
From Babylonian spring rites to Roman calendar wars, discover how January 1 finally became the world’s New Year’s Day.
Ancient military leader Sargon led a fearless and almighty military campaign with a series of innovative organizational skills.
Persuasive rhetorical techniques used in antiquity by orators like Demosthenes in Athens and Cicero in Rome have shaped modern rhetoric and persuasion.
In the middle of the Hellenistic period, the two great cities of ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, united to free themselves from Macedonian influence.
In 1924, Raymond Dart discovered the Taung Child in South Africa. The first fossil of Australopithecus africanus became one of the most important of the 20th century.