In the ancient world, purple was the color of royalty and riches. Roman elites wore purple, and the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra even painted the sails of her ships purple. Making the era’s most ...

The tomb of a royal doctor was found at a necropolis full of the ancient elite in Egypt. Screengrab from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook page ... the ancient world’s most ...

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A new high-tech study has revealed nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown cites linked by what may be the world's first highway ...

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

(Egypt’s Great Pyramids are one of the most iconic wonders of the ancient world.) Alexander, the pharaohAlexandria’s founder, represented as an Egyptian pharaoh, makes an offering to the god ...

Found in Africa, Carthage was founded in the 9th century B.C. on the Gulf of Tunis and once held the prestigious title of being one of the greatest capitals of the ancient world. It was the ...

The benefits of immersion in the ancient world should be available to all. The most obvious and immense is cultural literacy: students come to understand the significance of key figures and events ...