Ancient Cultures: Mediterranean
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Rebellious Son
Amenhotep III was succeeded by one of the first known monotheists
November 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
October 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Monumental Shift
Tackling an ages-old puzzle, a French architect offers a new theory on how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid at Giza
August 01, 2007 |
By Diana Parsell
Reconstructing Petra
Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a more complete picture of Jordan's compelling rock city
June 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Raising Alexandria
More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
April 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Who Was Cleopatra?
Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile
April 01, 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
Reading Between the Lines
Scientists with high-tech tools are deciphering lost writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes
March 2007 |
By Mary K. Miller
The Queen Who Would Be King
A scheming stepmother or a strong and effective ruler? History's view of the pharaoh Hatshepsut changed over time
September 2006 |
By Elizabeth B. Wilson
A Mystery Fit For A Pharaoh
The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's is raising new questions for archaeologists about ancient Egypt's burial practices
July 2006 |
By Andrew Lawler
Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca
A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned
April 2006 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
The Ambush That Changed History
An amateur archaeologist discovers the field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire
September 2005 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
King Tut: The Pharaoh Returns!
An exhibition featuring the first CT scans of the boy king's mummy tells us more about Tutankhamun than ever before
June 2005 |
By Richard Covington
Swords and Sandals
In Libya, again open to U.S. travelers after more than two decades, archaeologists have uncovered spectacular mosaics of the glories of Rome
April 2005 |
By Vivienne Walt
Sicily Resurgent
Across the island, activists, archaeologists and historians are joining forces to preserve a cultural legacy that has endured for 3,000 years
February 2005 |
By Richard Covington
Plutarch's Exemplary Lives
An ancient Greek wrote the book on biography then and now
July 2004 |
By Lance Morrow
Egypt's Crowning Glory
New Kingdom customs rise triumphantly from the dead in "The Quest for Immortality," a dazzling display of treasures from the tombs of the pharaohs
July 2003 |
By Doug Stewart
On the Frankincense Trail
An archeologist travels ancient trade routes in search of clues to a lost civilization
October 1998 |
By David Roberts
