In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

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In the first century B.C, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary unlike any of his predecessors. His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey.

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Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...

“The Western traditions of ancient world history rest on the 18th-century foundations established by the Enlightenment,” Murray asserts, and thus his survey begins, after a tip of the hat to ...

Today's WorldView How ancient India changed the world. The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

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Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

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