From military might to philosophical insights, ancient leaders such as Alexander the Great, Hatshepsut, and Cyrus the Great ...

Are hieroglyphs really as indecipherable as they look? Here is a primer on how to start interpreting these ancient motifs.

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. Discover more ...

Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind later plagues like the Black Death, caused the Justinian ...

The ancient world, from 60,000 BCE to 650 CE, is the period in which early civilisations emerged. This series gives a snapshot introduction to eight of these ancient societies, uncovering the ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian - the world's first recorded pandemic - in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the ...

There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what ...

Bauer (author of the four-volume The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child) guides readers on a fast-paced yet thorough tour of the ancient worlds of Sumer, Egypt, India, China ...

From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Pyramids at Giza, these ancient world wonders do not disappoint.

Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World inspired St. Louis’ Civil Courts Building? The architects stretched the base of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus to towering heights, keeping the Ionic ...

An international team, led by scientists from the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University, discovered the ...