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The pharaoh ruled Egypt as god on earth, assisted by a range of powerful priesthoods, who sometimes challenged the political authority of the god-king.
Augustus masterfully used ideology and propaganda to reinvent Rome with himself at its head, which included adopting Apollo as his patron god.
Most people only know about the pyramids of Giza, but there are 118 Egyptian pyramids. Beyond Giza, here are the ten most important you should know.
Damnatio memoriae is the deliberate erasure of a person from all records, ensuring their legacy is forgotten. It was used against some pharaohs in ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt is considered one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, but when and how did Egyptology become one of the world’s favorite subjects?
A mythology rich in familial relations, the genealogy of the Greek pantheon is a fascinating aspect of ancient belief.
To Rome, the 1,800-mile-long Danube River mattered more than a frontier. Europe's second-longest river represented a strategic, economic, and cultural value.
Virgil’s Aeneid tells the story of a nymph named Opis killing a warrior named Arruns. Who were these characters, and what led to this act of vengeance?
