Ancient Greek mythology encompasses an enormous number of gods, goddesses, demi-gods, heroes, and monsters, but at the core of all of the myths were the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses. The Greek god Poseidon sat at the right hand of his brother Zeus atop Mount Olympus, when he was not in his ocean palace or …
Egypt was one of the first and most successful of the ancient kingdoms. Several dynasties ruled Egypt from different parts of the Nile, helping dramatically reshape the history of civilization and the western world. This Ancient Egypt timeline walks you through the entire history of this great civilization. Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 B.C.) Ancient Egypt …
Oh, ancient Greece. Thinking of you reminds us of so much beauty. Of philosophy, art, and literature, not to mention democracy (sometimes), math, science, and so much more. Flourishing more than 3,000 years ago (c. 1,000 BC to c. 300 BC), ancient Greece, thanks to its many contributions to human culture, was one of the …
Hoofbeats echo in your head, getting louder, and louder still. The going had seemed so easy on the way out, and now it seems like every bush and root is clawing at you, trying to hold you down. Suddenly, pain lances through your back and shoulder blade as you’re struck. You hit the ground just …
Perhaps no civilization has had such a profound effect on the modern world as Rome. Over the course of its some 1229 years of existence, Rome went from Monarchy, to Republic, to Empire, and expanded from an insignificant little war-like city-state on the Italian Peninsula to the largest and most thoroughly dominant power in the …
On a sweltering summer day, the nine elected magisterial archons of Athens waited breathlessly for news, surrounded by a restless crowd of citizens. Their army, along with a small number of allies, had engaged with a larger force of Persians in the small bay of Marathon — desperately hoping that the claustrophobic landscape would prevent …