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Heather Reilly
Heather Reilly specialized in Ancient Assyria and Persian History in her undergraduate degree and expanded her research into Ancient Egypt and Iron Age Europe in her master's degree. She has consistently focused on religion and mythology as well as cross-cultural archaeology trends. Since university she has worked as an archaeologist, a historical tour guide, and in a world-famous archive. She maintains an active interest in researching historical events and figures.
Education:University of GlasgowMSc Ancient Cultures (Ancient History and Archaeology)Cardiff UniversityBA Ancient HistoryExpertise:Articles by Heather Reilly
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 Assyrians attempted to conquer Babylon and southern Mesopotamia repeatedly during the Middle and Neo-Assyrian Empire (14th-7th centuries BCE). Were they successful?
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.
Assyria and Babylon competed with each other for power in the ancient Near East for over a thousand years. Were they friends or foes?
During the New Kingdom’s 18th dynasty, Egypt was at the height of its power. That dynasty also produced some of Egypt’s most famous and infamous pharaohs.
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?
In ancient Egypt, magic played an integral part in daily life, religion, and medicine, from simple protective amulets to rituals to maintain universal harmony.
The word “pirate” evokes images of peg leg villains and buried treasure, but what were the infamous pirates of the Golden Age really like?