Ancient Places and/or Civilizations Chapters

The very land we call "ours" once belonged to others. How did ancient people live on that land? What was important to them? Are we more alike than we are different? Explore this collection to find answers.

When Jesus brings his friend Lazarus back from the dead, the plot to Jesus begins.

Learn the stories of humans diving into the depths of the sea that have been told for thousands of years.

Losing hope, many Britons flee the country; others yield to Anglo-Saxons and become their slaves.

The residents of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, produce products used throughout the world.

In 1802, a 12-year-old school boy named Pliny Moody is the first person to discover fossilized dinosaur tracks.

A tomb in the ancient town of Aegae (Aigai), known today as Vergina, holds treasures from Alexander's father, Philip II. The site may actually be the ...

The Easter Story has been adapted and painted by many believers.

The Egyptians are experts at creating mummies; after death, the pharaohs after death went through a process of mummification.

Alexander and his army come face to face with Asian elephants in India.

Ephialtes, a Greek traitor, leads Xerxes' army on a secret path around Thermopylae in order to surround and defeat the Greek army.

Bacteria from a bee in amber has been revived; however, science cannot yet revive an extinct animal.

John Franklin, his two ships (Erebus and Terror) and his crew disappear. Searchers later find well-preserved mummified remains which provide clues why...

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