Ancient Worship Sites Foreshadowed Sacred Buildings
Sacred places appear in most civilisations. Ancient worship sites and later religious buildings reflect their builders' beliefs.
Henges Give Early Hints of Ritual
Henges comprise...
Philip V – The Butcher of Hellas
In the spring of 205, Philip began to rebuild his navy. He concentrated his efforts upon amassing a sea power far larger than the...
The Destruction Of The Harrapan Civilization
Early in the 2nd millennium B.C.E., a series of disasters, or perhaps one cataclysmic event, may have brought an end to the thriving Indus-Saraswati...
Romans And Barbarians – Part 1
People who had not been actively civilised by the Romans themselves or the Greeks before them were viewed by the Romans as barbarian. The...
The Golden Millennium: From Buddha to Muhammad
In a period just over one thousand years the world witnessed the birth of two world saviors, four religions, and the great philosophical minds...
Heliopolis, Center of Learning
The ancient Egyptian religion only died when Christianity came into the ascendant with the emperor Constantine under the Roman Empire.
The Sun god, Ra, woke...
Egyptian Artisans Strike: First Recorded Labor Strike in History
The workmen who built the tombs of the New Kingdom Kings and Queens, were not ordinary laborers. Some, like Sennedjem, had their own tombs...
Amazons – A Race of Women Warriors
Since classical times, the word 'Amazonian' has been applied to strong, self-sufficient women who eschew the company of men.
Recently, a member of the British...
Ramesses II’s “Little” Temple
Son of Seti I and one of the last pharoah's of the New Kingdom's 19th Dynasty, Ramesses II is one of the most widely...
Spread from Italia
The question of the legionarii origo (legionaries origin) in the I century is very complex and connected with the linguistics romanization of the not...