Ancient History
Ancient history is replete with fascinating people and society doing extraordinary things like building pyramids in Egypt, creating the Greek gods of Olympus or building empires in Rome. Meet kings and queens, despots and dictators, foot soldiers and slaves. Discover and unpack the great works of great minds like Confucius, Ptolemy, Homer and Aristotle. See how our present rests on the giant shoulders of the past.
Bling! Jewellery in the Ancient World
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<p>The human desire for adornment has very primitive origins which developed into works of incredible complexity and beauty. The finished products were the glory of the cultures of Egypt, the Near
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An Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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<p>The Egyptian language is the oldest surviving language in the world, spanning more than 4500 years of continuous use. However, for thousands of years, the ability to read hieroglyphs was lost until
...<p>The Egyptian language is the oldest surviving language in the world, spanning more than 4500 years of continuous use. However, for thousands of years, the ability to read hieroglyphs was lost until
...The Spartans
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<p>According to myth the Spartans were sown from the teeth of a dragon. Their fearsome reputations revolved around a brutal warrior training which began from birth. The stand of the 300 Spartans
...Marble to Marvel
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<p>The course covers stone sources, tools and materials as used from the Bronze Age through the Greek Archaic and into the Classical and Hellenistic periods. It includes the technology involved in
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