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.

Before it was destroyed by volcanic debris spewed from Mt.

The rediscovery of Pompeii initially happens by chance - in 1599 - when Domenico Fontana (an architect) is called in to investigate why workers diggin...

In his second letter (6.20), Pliny the Younger describes what he heard, and saw, after he and his mother left his uncle's villa. Among other things, ...

Image of a map depicting naval positions on the day before the battle of Salamis and the day of the battle.

Mike Everhart tells us where he and his wife, Pam, found the skull of a young male Pteranodon in an area of Smoky Hill Chalk, Kansas.

This image depicts a marble bust of Ptolemy I Soter (305 BC282 BC), a close friend of Alexander the Great.

Learn the story of Purim - celebrated from sunset-to-sunset on March 23-24, 2016 - which dates back to an ancient event when Jews were saved from cert...

When Rome "ruled the world," its leaders punished people with a very cruel form of execution known as crucifixion. While hanging on a cross, individua...

Napoleon's soldiers were digging the foundation of a fort when they found a huge black stone covered with inscriptions. Who could have believed it hel...

Alexander the Great had a way to keep the loyalty of conquered people: He respected their customs and traditions. Showing he meant what he said, he m...

When scientists created the hybrid dinosaur Indominus Rex, in the Hammond Lab at Jurassic World, they used DNA from Rugops. Meet a recreated Rugops in...

The Emperor Justinian once described Aquileia, in northern Italy, as “the greatest of all the towns in the West.”

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