What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle When it was made: Second century A.D.
Although Nut's hair might appear to stand on end in examples like the British Museum coffin and the one found at Tuna ...
Hellenic travelers compiled the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, showcasing architectural marvels from ancient ...
Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...
Researchers have been excavating the Egyptian temple since 2022. It was built by Ptolemy VIII in the 2nd century.
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A discovery deep within a cave in Spain has challenged the history of human artistic expression. Researchers have determined ...
A 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Sumer reveals a student's math error on a triangle's area, marking a ...
The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...
Undoubtedly, the foundation of Western civilization is rooted in ancient Greece, and ... The question as to why so many Greek art pieces remain outside of their country of origin is one for the ...
Then they would have learned quipu, the ancient art of knotting, as well as spending ample time studying religion. And the final year would have been spent studying things like history, astronomy, ...
THE present volume is the first of two which Mr. Thompson intends to devote to a study of the evil spirits and devils of Babylonia, and it will, we believe, be welcomed by readers of many classes.