ancient history

Hatshepsut facts. Queen Hatshepsut dressed like a man and was known as “the first great woman”—but few people know her dark history.

Queen Mariamne Facts. As the queen of Judea, Mariamne spent her days caught up in power plays that would make even Cleopatra quake in her sandals.

People might think they know Xerxes from portrayals in movies like 300—but the real King of Kings was a far-cry from what we have seen on screen.

The story of Leonidas and the Battle of Thermopylae was glorified in the film 300, but few know the dark truth behind the legend.

When we think of ancient civilizations, we tend to think of people that lived around 2,000 years ago, but the Assyrian civilization is much, much older than that, and it played a far more influential role on the world stage than people realize

We may be standing on the shoulders of giants—and, if some legends are believed, that phrase might be shockingly literal.