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Ancient History

The Men Who Made Ancient Athens: Solon, the Lawgiver
Folklore and Mythology: The Origin of Dragons
Folklore and Mythology: Amazons in Wonder Woman vs Amazons in Ancient Greek Myths
What is the Historic Context of the Bible’s Noah’s Flood Narrative?
Fighting Women: Boudica, the Warrior Queen Who Wreaked Havoc on the Romans
The Neolithic Revolution, Part V: Newly Emergent Farmers Had to Work a Lot Harder Than Hunter Gatherers
The Sa’alik: The Ancient Arabia Robin Hood Bandits Who Robbed the Rich to Help the Poor
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Lucius Junius Brutus, the Republic’s Founder
Swords From Around the World: The Chinese Dao, “The General of Weapons”
What Was the Historic Context of the Old Testament’s Punishment of Lot’s Wife Narrative?
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens – Pericles, the Statesman Responsible for the City’s Golden Age
Swords From Around the World: The Ancient Chinese Jian, “The Gentleman of Weapons”
Sargon of Akkad, History’s First Emperor and Empire Builder
What Was the Historic Context and Significance of the Biblical Job Narrative to the Ancient Israelites?
The Horrible Hun: Attila, ‘The Scourge of God’
The Neolithic Revolution, Part III: When Prehistoric Hunter Gatherers Depleted the Available Resources
The Ancient Greek Xiphos: The Spartans’ Favorite Sword
Swords Across the Millennia and From Around the World
Pythagoras Invented a Special Cup to Prank – and Punish – Greedy Wine Drinkers
The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD – Ancient Rome’s Most Memorable Natural Disaster
What Was the Historic Context of the Biblical Narrative of Bears Mauling Children for Mocking a Prophet’s Baldness?
The Neolithic Revolution, Part II: When Humans Got Too Good at Hunting
The Ancient Sicarii Sect: History’s First Identifiable Terrorists
Did a Real Life Natural Disaster Inspire the Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah Narrative?
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens – Aeschylus, the Playwright Who Invented Acting as We Know it Today
Pirates Captured a Young Julius Caesar for Ransom, and Thought He Was Joking When He Said He’d Come Back to Execute Them Soon as He Was Freed
The Wily Strategist Who Tricked an Enemy Into Supplying His Army, and Bluffed a Foe Out of Capturing an Undefended City
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Crassus, Rome’s Richest Man
The Neolithic Revolution: Why Did Humans Switch From Wandering Hunter Gatherers to the Settled Life of Farmers?
Young Warriors – US Civil War Child Sailor and Powder Monkey Aspinwall Fuller
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic – How Gaius Octavius Became Emperor Augustus
Myths and Realities – Tutankhamun, Ancient Egypt’s Best-Known Pharaoh, Was Seen as Insignificant by Ancient Egyptians
George Washington Liked Dogs So Much, He Paused America’s War of Independence to Return His Enemy’s Pooch
Ephialtes of Athens: Creator of Radical Athenian Democracy
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Gaius Octavius, the Teenager Who Outmaneuvered Everybody
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens: Themistocles, Savior of Athens and Greece From Persian Conquest
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Quintus Fabius Maximus, “The Delayer”
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens: Miltiades, Victor of the Battle of Marathon
Fighting Women: Queen Tomyris Ended a Great Conqueror’s Career in Dramatic Fashion