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The 8th November is celebrated as Archangels Day in Greece, but on that November day in 1977 CE something remarkable happened: an excavation team led by Professor Manolis Andronikos were roped down into the eerie gloom of an unlooted Macedonian-styled...

I was recently invited to an archaeological symposium at the site of AlUla in Saudi Arabia. I had known about AlUla since 2018 and seen photographs of the amazing Nabatean tombs from there. A conference was held at AlUla in 2023, but I was...

Dr. Jeanne Reames' Dancing with the Lion: Becoming and Dancing with the Lion: Rise follow an epic tale of Alexander before he was “The Great.” In this interview, Dylan Campbell inquires about her passion for history and the development of...

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia sits down with author Richard Hingly to chat about his new book Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Do you want to tell us a bit about...

This gallery explores the expression of same-sex love in the ancient Mediterranean through art. The Mediterranean was home to many cultures and societies, each with differing views on gender, sex, and relationships. Art was used to celebrate...

Evidence of what is now defined as LGBTQ+ relationships goes back to over 4,000 years of recorded history to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia but was not regarded as anything special since, generally speaking, gay relationships and those now...

This infographic illustrates the complexity and layered dynamics of Ancient Roman society. Structured by wealth, citizenship, ancestry, political privilege, and freedom, Roman social order was rigid yet fluid. Although status was sharply...

Similar to the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks favoured sandals. However, rather than using vegetable fibre, the Greek preferred leather with cork or leather soles. Varying footwear styles reflected the differences of age, gender and...

This is a headless dogu. Earthenware figures (dogu) were important in the Jomon period and as many as 1000 have been found at some sites. Some seem to represent imaginary animals but most are human in shape. Are they females, or without a...

This Trojan bronze idol figurine is comparable with bronze and terracotta idols of the late 3rd millennium BCE from Anataolia and also the Balkans. It shares some similarities with the small, bronze idols of the Levant and Crete, but this...