Ancient Places and/or Civilizations Story Briefs

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.

The Ancient Olympics included equestrian events, beginning circa 680 B.

The Ancient Hawaiians did many things to protect their environment, read to find out how.

This image depicts a vase on which an ancient Greek artist has created the story of Hippodameia and Pelops.

The Etruscan League, historians believe, flourished in Central Italy for a time before Rome became the dominant force on the Italian Peninsula. Today ...

When he is 18 years old, Pliny the Younger and his mother are living at his Uncle's villa in Misenum. They are there when Vesuvius begins its 18-hour...

You can learn the events leading up to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation.

While Theseus was sailing to Crete, as a Tribute for King Minos and the Minotaur, the monster had a dream.

As his own father had abandoned his mother and her baby, Theseus abandoned his new wife, Ariadne.

Theseus and The Minotaur is a Greek myth about the son of an Athenian king - Theseus - and a horrifying monster - "The Minotaur.

Theseus learned that his father was Aegeus, King of Athens, after he was able to move a heavy rock and discover what was beneath it.

Meet Tollund Man, a Danish bog mummy who was rediscovered in May of 1950. How did he get there? When did he die?

It is clear from the way Tollund Man's body was found, in a Danish peat bog, that he died by hanging.

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