Ancient Places and/or Civilizations Documents

What did the world look like in 450 BC?  This map provides a birds-eye view - according to the History of Herodotus. Click on the image for a mo...

This image depicts page 30 of a classical dictionary identifying Ammianus Marcellinus for modern readers.  Click on the image for a better view.

Ammianus Marcellinus wrote an important history about the late Roman Empire. From a noble Greek family, Ammianus was born in Antioch (now known as Ant...

This map, of first-century Jerusalem, depicts the location of the Temple on the east side of the city.  The Antonia Fortress, a garrison for Roma...

This extract, from Appendix F in E.P. Evan's book The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, reflects the trial of a pig in 1266.&nbs...

This map depicts the location of Bethany, a village which Jesus often visited.  His friends - Mary, Martha and Lazarus - lived there.

Bookcover image of Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power, by Alison Futrell.

Graphic image depicting the historical Dynasties of China.

A stele, called the "Daiva Inscription," was found at the royal compound of Persepolis. Among other things, it gives a description of countries which ...

Earthly Remains, published by British Museum Press, takes us into peat bogs, mummy tombs and other such places to investigate (among many other things...

Finding the Walls of Troy:  Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik, by Susan Heuck Allen, explains why people suspected Hisarlik was t...

This map depicts the location of Galilee in the first century.  It is the area, in the Roman province of Judea (Iudaea), over which Herod Antipas...