Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive ...

Archaeologists in Egypt are working to restore the Ramesseum, a temple belonging to Ramesses II, an Old Testament pharaoh believed to have interacted with Moses in the Book of Exodus.

The city was founded by Akhenaten, a king who, along with his wife Nefertiti and his son, Tutankhamun, has captured the modern imagination as much as any other figure from ancient Egypt.

Nabis, the last king of Sparta, is often described as both a king and a tyrant, depending on the perspective and sources.

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

jars with ancient Hebrew inscriptions, loom weights, scarabs, stamped seals with decorative motifs, and grinding stones used ...

British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators opened the doors to the sarcophagus of the ruler itself.

One of Nebuchadrezzar’s successors, Nabonidus, is now known to modern historians as “the archaeologist king.” A learned man, he restored the region’s ancient architectural and cultural ...

King Midas was the ruler of Phrygia. One day, Midas found a satyr - a creature with the body of a man and legs of a goat - in need of help. So Midas took the satyr home and looked after him. The ...