At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Since the time of ancient Rome and Greece, people have dealt with love, this difficult emotion, in all its glory and calamity ...

The story of Greeks in Alexandria goes back more than two millennia, when Alexander the Great established the city.

Rome still plays host to several structures from the city’s heyday as the capital of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Others, sadly, have long disappeared from the city’s ancient ...

More than two millennia after it guided sailors into the bustling harbor of Alexandria, the legendary Lighthouse or Pharos of Alexandria, the ancient world's most famous beacon, has partially emerged ...

Ancient sources describe similar techniques for producing raisin wines. Columella, a Roman agricultural writer, noted that drying and fermentation together took at least a month.

All Christian catacombs in Rome are property of the Catholic Church, and no one is allowed to explore them without special permission from the Vatican. "It's not so easy to get the permission.

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Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have served a different purpose July 3, 2025 1:47 p.m. Cool Finds Perched ...

For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...

It is also the site of our final wonder of the ancient world: The Pharos of Alexandria Alexandria was founded when Alexander the Great conquered, or rather ‘liberated’ Egypt from Persia in 332 ...