The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world.

The Wars of Alexander's successors, were a series of conflicts that erupted among the generals of Alexander the Great.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

This belief in Babylon's exceptional nature in the ancient world is a precious testament to past cultural beliefs. This map remains a fascinating testimony to ancient knowledge and imagination ...

The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected Rome to Byzantium. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Roman civilization is well known for its stunning mosaics ...

"We are trying to live in the map, not the real word. No wonder we are unhappy, rudderless, adrift. We're accelerating ...

(CNN) — The ruins of an ancient Jewish ... the building of Rome, has been excavated. The most recent excavations, which were started by Benito Mussolini, were halted during World War II and ...

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For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman ... 31 miles north of Rome, Falerii Novi was built and occupied in 241 B.C. and abandoned in 700 A.D. Though it’s been ...

In the 6th century BC, while Rome was still a minor city-state in ... the most expensive and sought-after condiment in the ancient world. Anecdotic reports from the ancient world suggest that ...

The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal Sonja Anderson Found in the ...

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be ... uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have tentatively ...