In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the Sea Peoples invaded Egypt. The pharaohs army and navy defeated them, but the...
Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans...
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But...
The tombs, mortuary temples, and religious beliefs and practices of one of the world's greatest ancient civilisations Death,...
Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular...
Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination...
On November 1, 1755-All Saints' Day-a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city of Lisbon. Churches...
Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 B.C. to A.D. 14), which...
Andrea Carandini's archaeological discoveries and controversial theories about ancient Rome have made international headlines...
The history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. This book is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account...
In this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history,...
Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding...
Was it a trick of the light that drew our Stone Age ancestors into caves to paint in charcoal and red hematite, to watch the heads...
In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched...
Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story...
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