Heather Reilly

This is a brief history of the country of Wales, a small and unique land in the British Isles often overshadowed by its English neighbor.

The Neo-Assyrian Empire is synonymous with merciless warfare and barbaric methods of subjugation. Here are four of the Empire’s most cruel kings.

The Weighing of the Heart ceremony was an essential step in passing from the world of the living to the realm of the dead in ancient Egypt.

Assyria’s brief conquest of Egypt in the 7th century BCE helped reunite a divided Egypt under an Egyptian king, ushering in Egypt’s Late Period.

The Neo-Assyrian Empire became the largest empire in the known world in the 9th century BCE, through a system of divine kingship and state propaganda.

The Assyrian King Sargon II is remembered for his impressive military campaigns and expansionist ideologies, but these triumphs were also his undoing.

Historically, Esarhaddon is often overshadowed by his son Ashurbanipal, but this Neo-Assyrian king was formidable both as a general and politician.

The idea of Ma’at was a fundamental concept in ancient Egypt, but what was Ma’at, and how did an idea manifest as a goddess?