From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

Unlike the typical papyrus scrolls used by ancient Egyptians ... in a chamber beneath the river long before recorded history. After the book was carefully dried and preserved, linguistic experts ...

You should read Pomeroy, Burstein, Donlan, Roberts, and Tandy, Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History (Oxford)for a general overview of Greek history. You should also read (or ...