Ancient Egyptians – The Origins of Mummification
The ancient Egyptians invested huge amounts of time, expense and ingenuity in preserving the bodies of their dead. How did mummification develop?
The origin of...
The Battle of Alesia: Julius Caesar’s Siege Warfare Masterpiece
The 52 BC Battle of Alesia was the concluding episode of Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul.
Implementing a ruthless, classic strategy of siege warfare at...
Cleopatra VII – The Last Queen of Egypt
Antony’s Cleopatra continues to captivate the western imagination but despite the legends she was a scheming seductress, just like her ancestors.
Cleopatra, the last of...
Tiberius – The Moody Emperor of Rome
Tiberius had the unenviable position of being the successor of Augustus as emperor of Rome. He pales in comparison.
Even though he was an able...
The Creation Story in Ancient Egypt
Religion stayed remarkably constant throughout the 3,000 years from the Old kingdom through to the arrival of Christianity in the Roman period. The fervor...
The Religion of the Celts
The Celts were polytheistic and their druids held the key to the tribes' historical, political, philosophical and moral culture.
The Celts were not a religious...
An Observation of Beauty Practices Throughout History
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The cross-cultural desire for improving one's natural appearance is nothing new.
The idea about what is aesthetically...
The Julio-Claudian Dynasty of Rome
The Julio-Claudian dynasty ruled the early Roman Empire and included Emperor Augustus, Emperor Tiberius, Emperor Caligula, Emperor Claudius, and Emperor Nero.
The early Roman Emperors...
The Pharoah Akenaten, His Religion, Art and Disease
This Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty had a brief reign from 1353 - 1336 BCE. It appears that he may have suffered from Froelich's...
Mutemwiya and the Divine Birth of Amenhotep III
Amenhotep was insecure with regards to his heritage and embellished a divine ancestry for himself and in turn venerated his mother as The Chosen...