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

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 ...

The combination of two words, ancient history, only reinforces prejudices ... In this movement Athens was the great exception and not the rule, as the ancient books teach us. “Most of the texts ...

All ancient texts are read in English translation. Studies Greek history from 800 B.C. (the rise of the city-state) to 323 B.C. (the death of Alexander the Great). Emphasizes the development of ...