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The Theoi Project profiles each deity and creature of Greek Mythology on a separate page, incorporating an encyclopedia summary, quotations from a wide selection of ancient Greek and Roman texts, and illustrations from ancient art.
THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in C
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook has expanded greatly since its creation, and now contains hundred of local files as well as links to source texts throughout the net.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Main Page
Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog
Jornandes in his Getica (Gothic history) states that the Goths originated from Scandza, that place described by Ptolemy as shaped like a Juniper leaf with bulging sides that taper down to a point.
BBC - History: Ancient History in-depth
From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place.
Folding stools built on a cross-frame are depicted on the walls of Egyptian tombs going back 4,000 years, and on Mesopotamian seals 500 years before that. By the time of the New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 B.C.), folding chairs were ubiquitous in the upper echelons of Egyptian society.
The History Blog » Ancient
Do you know that Prometheus tricked him into taking the lesser portion of the sacrifice and that Zeus deprived mankind of the use of fire as a result? Then when Prometheus brought fire to mankind as a gift, he really was doing more than helping us.
Ancient / Classical History - Ancient Greece & Rome & Classics Research Guide
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
Mesopotamia, an ancient Greek term meaning "the land between rivers," is considered to be the cradle of civilization because this is where we find the origins of agriculture, written language, and cities.Chosen from the Mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, this website tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia now present-day Iraq — a story shared by all humans.
You are here: Home / All / Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared Throughout our history, most civilizations have either met a slow demise or were wiped out by natural disasters or invasion.
Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared | Top 10 Lists | TopTenz.net
Refugees from a lost civilisation whose ruins and relics lie submerged on the seabed deep beneath the Persian Gulf may have founded ancient, advanced Middle Eastern societies thousands of years ago in the time before the Pharaohs.