Most Read This Week In Ancient

The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to history in the Old World from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD (the most used), the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 AD, the death of the emperor Justinian I in 565 AD, the coming of Is ...more

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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Before the King: Joanna's Story (Women of the Way, #2)

Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials

Peak Human: What We Can Learn from History's Greatest Civilisations

The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire

The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World

From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith

The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra

Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization

Between the Wild Branches (The Covenant House, #2)

Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb

The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins

The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great

The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium

Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen

Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty

Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire

Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome

Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis

The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

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“ Gilgamesh, where are you roaming? You will never find the eternal life that you seek. When the gods created mankind, they also created death, and they held back eternal life for themselves alone. Humans are born, they live, then they die, this is the order that the gods have decreed. But until the end comes, enjoy your life, spend it in happiness, not despair. Savour your food, make each of your days a delight, bathe and anoint yourself, wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean, let music an ...more ”
― Stephen Mitchell, The Epic of Gilgamesh

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“ The universe contains many planets which make it what it is – a unified system. In addition, our bodies contain many organs, and each part is congruent to a planet in our solar system. The universe we see out our eyes is a mirror of what is within us. This is what God meant by making man in his image. We are all made as a reflection of God and that reflection of him is within us. Furthermore, not only are all religions connected to the same Truth, or Cosmic Heart, but this concept is also mirror ...more ”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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