The very land we call "ours" once belonged to others. How did ancient people live on that land? What was important to them? Are we more alike than we are different? Explore this collection to find answers.
Image of a drawing depicting Samuel Beckles at his legendary excavation in 1857 on the cliffs of Durlston Bay.
This image depicts Heinrich Schliemann before he began his excavations at the Hisarlik Mound.
What is a scimitar? It is a weapon which, among other things, Alexander the Great's men used to fight against elephants.
This image depicts a sculpture of Seneca the Youngerby Puerta de Almodvarin Crdoba, Spain.
Also known as the "African Emperor," Septimius Severus, a Caesar, rules the Roman Empire for nearly 18 years.
In the fall of 1187, Saladin and his forces besieged the city of Jerusalem. It was not the first time the ancient city was subjected to a siege by for...
Silkeborg Museum, located in the Danish town of Silkeborg, has an Iron-Age collection which features two mummies found in a nearby peat bog.
Beginning at least in the first half of the first millenium, B.C., people began to travel along a route we know today as "The Silk Road."
Socrates, a leading Greek philosopher, was the teacher of Plato (who was the teacher of Aristotle).
There is an interesting place in the Bavarian region of Germany known as the Solnhofen Limestone. Its a place which features wonderful fossils, inclu...
There is an interesting place in the Bavarian region of Germany known as the Solnhofen Limestone.
The ruins of the running track, the stadion, are very close to the center of the town of Olympia.
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