Ancient

What We Can Learn From Ancient Graffiti

By Laura Aitken-Burt / History Today

We Learned About the Aztecs From Their Conquerors—But New Research Is Letting Them Speak for Themselves

By Camilla Townsend

Stonehenge Has Attracted Summer Solstice Visitors for Centuries, But Some Historians Worry About Its Future

By Julia Webster

Why Do People Build Walls? The Real Story of Jericho Offers a Surprising Answer

By Ian Volner
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Women in Ancient Rome Didn’t Have Equal Rights. They Still Changed History

The story of Rome is incomplete without them

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What Hiram Bingham Got Wrong About Machu Picchu

The explorer had first reached the ancient Incan city on July 24, 1911

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Just because it's got direwolves and dragons doesn't mean it's not realistic

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The Fall of Rome and All That

Our obsession with the Fall of Rome reflects our belief in the end times – a belief shared by the people of Rome

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Know Right Now: ISIS Destroys Artifacts at Iraqi Museum

The video was apparently recorded at a museum in Mosul

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