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.

At first, it seemed that Tollund Man had been laid to rest without a violent death. The, his discoverers saw a rope around his neck.

Alleging that Socrates was corrupting the youth of Athens, the government of this city-state tried the famous philosopher. A jury of 500 people first ...

Raffaello Sanzio (or Santi) - more commonly known as Raphael - was born in 1483 and died, on his 37th birthday, in 1520.

El Greco ("The Greek," who used his birth name, Domnikos Theotokpoulos, to sign his paintings) created this work for the Primate Cathedral of Saint Ma...

When it comes to the brain size of a Triceratops, a favorite prey of T. rex, be prepared for a surprise.

In these fearful times, watch a fearless baby Ibex as it outwits a preying fox.

Vatican Hill (known, in Latin, as Vaticanus Mons) is a Roman hill located on the opposite side of the Tiber River from the more commonly known "seven ...

In 1939, while reconstruction work was taking place inside St. Peter's Basilica, an entire necropolis (city of the dead) was discovered and excavated.

This diagram depicts Henry F. Osborn's 1924 drawing of a Velociraptor mongoliensis' skull and claw.

Themistocles - an Athenian leader in 480 B.

The starting gate, for ancient Olympians, was very different from the starting line for today’s runners.This image depicts the starting gate at ...

Budapest is one of the most popular cities in the world. How did it get its name?

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