A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

The Department of Classical Studies is one of the original departments at William & Mary. We study the ancient Mediterranean world using an interdisciplinary approach: we offer courses in material ...

Egyptian mythology is one of the oldest surviving mythologies in the world. While not as prevalent in popular culture as the Greek and Roman myths which have formed the entire basis of classical ...

Ancient times refer to the period spanning from the early development of human civilizations to the end of classical ...

In a sixth-century Egyptian monastery’s library ... preserves hundreds of manuscripts collected during medieval times—classical texts, scriptures, and other documents of interest to the ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually smell pretty good. “In films and books, terrible things happen to those ...