Ancient history

How do you rule a continent?

This book is about the weird and wonderful lesser-known 'spirit' entities of ancient Egypt -daemons, the mysterious and often fantastical creatures of the Egyptian 'Otherworld' - and the closely related spirits of the dead, which together conjure the excitement of all things otherworldly.

The Benben Stone is one of the most important and least understood artifacts in ancient history.

Heinrich Schliemann gilt als der Vater der modernen Archaologie, der Mann, der allein durch seinen Glauben an Homer das legendare Troja entdeckte.

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: 1,0, University of Salzburg, language: English, abstract: As the title indicates, this treatise explores the field of Jewish sexual ethics.

In the spring of 334 BC a young king led his army across the narrow straits dividing Europe from Asia, stopped to honor the ruins of Troy, and hurled a spear into the sand of the far shore — claiming a continent as spear-won land.

This book tells the history of the United States, starting with European explorers rather than the Native Americans who had been inhabiting the region we now name North America for generations.

On the fifteenth of March, 44 BC, the man who had beaten every enemy Rome could field against him — Gauls and Germans, pirates and kings, and finally his fellow Romans — sat down in a gilded chair and was stabbed twenty-three times by senators he had pardoned.

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: A, Indiana University, language: English, abstract: Agrippina the younger seems to fascinate not only for modern authors or movie makers, but also ancient writers and artists.

In the spring of 6 AD, Rome stood at the height of its power — poised to extend its frontier to the Elbe, master of the Mediterranean world, seemingly invincible.

In AD 21, two Roman citizens with Gallic names led the most serious provincial rebellion that Gaul had seen since Julius Caesar's conquest.

In 398 CE, on the windswept frontier between the Mongolian steppe and agricultural China, the nomadic Tuoba Xianbei people made a radical choice.

Slow down, breathe deep, and walk with Dr.

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: 75 Punkte = 1,7, The University of Liverpool (School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology), course: Ancient Warfare, language: English, abstract: (.

For centuries, the Gaetuli were reduced to a footnote in Roman history — the primitive nomads at the edge of the empire's maps, briefly troublesome, quickly forgotten.

Beneath the sands of Middle Kingdom Egypt, in the quiet chambers of painted coffins, the Egyptians inscribed the words of eternity.

Across the shifting sands of ancient Egypt, one divine figure stood as the eternal guardian of the sky and the living symbol of kingship: Horus, the mighty falcon god.

Across the nine worlds she travels, weeping tears of red gold for her absent lover.

The Northern Song fell in the winter of 1127 CE — the Jingkang Incident.

Medieval anchorites willingly embraced the most extreme form of solitude known to the medieval world, so they might forge a closer connection with God.

From the late Bronze Age through the Roman period, Celtic communities across Europe developed sophisticated systems integrating celestial observation with agricultural practice.

Recent scholarship has seen a general turn from separate entities to relations and inclusivity, from static and systemic views to a focus on historical processes and fluidity.

At the center of the Aztec paradise stood a flowering tree the gods were forbidden to break.

Having worked on projects around the world, strengthening and restoring historically significant structures from Windsor Castle to the parliament buildings in Canada, Peter James brings insight to the structural engineering of ancient Egypt.

The Five Dynasties.

For three thousand years the Maya built kingdoms in a rainforest that should have made kingdoms impossible.

This book is about the weird and wonderful lesser-known 'spirit' entities of ancient Egypt -daemons, the mysterious and often fantastical creatures of the Egyptian 'Otherworld' - and the closely related spirits of the dead, which together conjure the excitement of all things otherworldly.

In the timeless sands of Egypt, one name echoes through eternity-Osiris, the Green God, Lord of Resurrection, and Keeper of the Afterlife.

Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites in ancient Britain and Gaul in the name of their gods.

At Paphos on Cyprus, the goddess of love had no face.

Three thousand years before self-help had a name, the Greeks already knew exactly what burnout, heartbreak, and hitting rock bottom felt like.

Honey and beeswax survive.

For over three thousand years, ancient Egypt stood as one of the most extraordinary civilizations in human history-a land of pyramids and pharaohs, gods and hieroglyphs, empire and endurance.

Warfare was a common occurrence in the Ancient World, and the Roman Republic was no exception in this regard.

Europe's most improbable survivor.

In 1872 a bank-note engraver turned museum assistant sat down in London with a broken piece of clay and read, for the first time in two thousand years, an account of a great flood written centuries before the Book of Genesis.

"e;I am the one who knows the paths of the hidden stars, the gates of the night, and the names of those who dwell beyond the horizon.

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: 70 Punkte = 2,0, The University of Liverpool (School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology), course: Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technologies, language: English, abstract: How did Egyptian techniques of wine production (harvesting, treading, pressing, fermentation and storage) change during the course of the pharaonic period?

Everyone knows Danu, or thinks they do.

Papyrus of Eternity: The Ancient Egyptian Book of Going Forth by Day unveils the timeless Egyptian vision of death not as an ending, but as a radiant continuation of life.

Monastic Wales - new approaches is an interdisciplinary collection of essays written by some of the leading scholars working on aspects of medieval Welsh history.

In the early seventh century, the Slavic peoples of Central Europe had no kings, no written laws, no armies, and no political voice.

In the summer of 66 CE, a young Temple official in Jerusalem persuaded the priests at the altar to stop performing a sacrifice on behalf of the Roman Emperor.

Celtic Wales is about the beginnings of Wales and how the period from the Iron Age to medieval times helped shape and define the modern nation of Wales.

From the golden dawn of the Nile to the twilight of the ancient temples, one name endured beyond all others - Isis, the Great Enchantress, the Mother of Magic.

What if I told you that one of the most famous stories in history, the one we've been hearing since childhood, was just a fabricated political rumor?

He defeated Hannibal.

Die Erforschung der Geographie der Alten Welt ist eine interdisziplinare Wissenschaft.