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13 – Discovery of the stela which describes the founding of an ancient Maya city by the archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in the Cobá archaeological zone in the eastern Yucatán Peninsula. The stela is over 11 meters long and contains 123 carved hieroglyphics arranged in quadrants. The inscriptions ...
December 18, 2024 at 9:56 AM Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range.
The series was received with appreciation and positive reviews from both scholars and book reviews. For example, Edward Rothstein wrote in the New York Times that "the publication of 'The Landmark Herodotus' (Pantheon) which includes a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis, and extensive annotation by scholars is such a worthy occasion for celebrating Herodotus' contemporary importance."
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Blogs by Cincinnati historians offer articles on topics you wouldn’t find in history books. Here are six you should be reading. Dive deep into Cincinnati's past with these 6 blogs, from Black ...
Adrian Goldsworthy (born 1969, British) – Roman history; Peter Green (1924–2024) – Ancient Greece and Macedon; Herodotus; Keith Hopkins (1934–2004) - Roman history; Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914–2024, Bursa-Türkiye) Sumerologist, Sumerian history; Josephus; Yuliya Kolosovskaya (1920–2002) – Roman history and Roman provinces of the ...
Peter James was a British author (1952 - 2024) [1] specializing in the ancient history and archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean region, with key related interests being chronology (dating techniques), ancient technology and astronomy, and sub-Roman Britain.
Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the expansion of Islam in late antiquity. [1] The three-age system periodises ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of ...