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When looking at Ancient Greek literature, one can see the importance family plays in Greek culture. We see this displayed in the Greek works Medea by Euripides and Antigone by Sophocles. Throughout these...

The Inca Sacsayhuaman (also Saqsawaman) fortress-temple complex of northern Cuzco, 13th-15th century CE.

Part of the impressive 5th to 3rd century BCE fortification wall of Selinus.

The northwest part of the fortification or circuit wall at Gla, Greece as seen from the Mycenaean palace, built c. 13th century BCE (Mycenaean LHIII). Part of the Copais Basin to the left and beyond.

Virginia, Cold Harbor. Extreme line of Confederate Works, photographic print by John Reekie, April 1865. Depicted here are the makeshift Confederate breastworks put up at the left end of their line at the...

The Maginot Line was an extensive series of fortifications built by France through the 1930s to protect its eastern borders from German attack. Stretching for over 200 miles (322 km), and including massive...

One of the most effective and enduring military formations in ancient warfare was that of the Greek phalanx. The age of the phalanx may be traced back to Sumeria in the 25th century BCE, through Egypt, and finally appearing in...

Ancient Greek science is a modern term for the application of systematic inquiry into the individual, the world, and the universe, which began in Ionia in the 6th century BCE with Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) and continued...

Travel opportunities within the ancient Greek world largely depended on status and profession; nevertheless, a significant proportion of the population could, and did, travel across the Mediterranean to sell their...

The Ancient Greek symposium is often considered an important part of Greek culture, a place where the elite drank, feasted and indulged in sometimes decadent activities. Although such practices were...