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Pyramids are arguably some of the most impressive structures left behind by our ancient ancestors. Not only is it hard … ...

Bolstered by renowned texts and international trips, the Western Humanities sequence attracts many underclass students, while ...

At the center of the ancient city, you'll find the forum. The main square, known as the forum, was the center of the city's political and social life. The remains of the Capitolium and the Temple ...

But only in this century have scholars come to know the Sumerians with any thoroughness, chipping away at the sites of such ancient city-states as Ur, Lagash and Mari. Last week a U.S. expedition ...

In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by beautiful greenery, lies Tikal - a once great city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation in the Petén region of Guatemala. It was the ...

Geoff Keighey's non-E3 summer gaming event, the Summer Game Fest, is back for 2025. It will be held in Downtown Los Angeles from June 7th through the 9th. Summer Game Fest also coincides with the ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities As a team of French archaeologists excavated a seventh-century C.E. dwelling at Taposiris Magna, an ancient city located around 30 miles west of ...

Muzzamil Hussain was in grade school when the first bombs fell on the playground outside of his classroom in Kargil, a mountain city in the ... currencies across the ancient world.

This ancient civilisation ... such as Uruk and Ur, which became complex city-states with advanced infrastructure, including temples (ziggurats), walls, and marketplaces. The Sumerians created ...