The world of ancient history is filled with captivating stories that have captured our imagination for generations. From lost ...

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The strategic, cultural, and economic significance of ancient Greek colonies in the Black Sea and their enduring legacy.

P ity the poor Homo sapiens. In the great museums of the future, the display on their lives ca. 2024 will surely be among the least impressive. Picture them now, hunched over their little laminate ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower. A procession of gods ...

In antiquity, the pursuit of the arts was usually a purely male aesthetic practice. Yet, there were also a few important ...

The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In ...

Although we often romanticize the bare marble of ancient sculpture today, most of these specimens were in fact painted in bright shades of blue, red, yellow, brown and many other hues. Over the past ...

In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are protecting it from more modern threats Photographs by Emily Garthwaite Text by Leon ...

Egypt provides a privileged setting for the study of population genetics as a result of its long and involved population history. Owing to its rich natural resources and strategic location on the ...