Built during the republic and empire, a vast network of roads made moving goods and troops easier through all corners of the Roman world. Begun in 312 B.C., the Appian Way is perhaps the most famous ...

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Crafted in the Iron Age, dozens of massive stone statues lay broken beneath a field in Mont'e Prama. Recovered and rebuilt, they are revealing insights into a lost Mediterranean culture.

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China’s ...

Noting that animals were seen by the Aztecs as “food for the gods”, he explains that the Totocalli was no ordinary zoo, and ...

Located in today's Iran, Persia managed to incorporate many groups into their empire by respecting individual cultures in exchange for tributes. In part 2, learn about the majesty of the Persians, the ...