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October 30, 2022 · Ancient World
Ancient history has always fascinated me. When I was around the age of 8/9 I used to research all kinds of things about ancient Egypt. I read a lot of books, including “Egyptology”. Even though it’s fiction, you learn a lot. There even was this day when I visited the library with my grandmother and […]
July 10, 2022 · Ancient World
In the year 356 BC, Alexander the Great was born in the then Macedonian town of Pella. He is considered one of the most successful warriors and leaders of the ancient world and perhaps even in complete history. He turned the small Macedonia where he had started into one of the greatest empires in the […]
June 28, 2022 · Ancient World
In the lands of the ancient pharaohs, sphinxes, and gold, there are also beautiful pyramids. The history books teach us that the Egyptian slaves built them, but is this true? Were these giant pyramids built by the slaves? Besides the theories that suggest that the Pyramids were built by Aliens, which is an interesting theory […]
June 28, 2022 · Ancient World
Women’s right has been an important issue for a couple of decades, and it still is, but what if I tell you there was an ancient civilization where women had more rights than in some modern countries? The Ancient Egyptians were quite tolerant regarding women, many of their gods were female, and the divine femininity […]
June 28, 2022 · People
Cleopatra’s paternal dynasty was Macedonian Greek, but her mother’s identity is uncertain. Here is what coins, portraits, and historical records can—and cannot—tell us about her ancestry and appearance.