Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping ...

Over 350 enormous hunting sites, also known as "kites," have been identified and mapped using satellite images by the University of Oxford's School of Archaeology archaeologists. The majority of these ...

1. Introduction. 1.1. Historical background : the ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age -- 2. Identity as a theoretical framework in the study of ancient art. 2.1. Is identity a valid tool for ...

The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r. 522 486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the ...

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