Ancient History
Ancient history is replete with fascinating people and society doing extraordinary things like building pyramids in Egypt, creating the Greek gods of Olympus or building empires in Rome. Meet kings and queens, despots and dictators, foot soldiers and slaves. Discover and unpack the great works of great minds like Confucius, Ptolemy, Homer and Aristotle. See how our present rests on the giant shoulders of the past.
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The Achaemenids: Iran's Greatest Empire
<p>Formed largely by the conquests of the first three Achaemenid Kings – Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius- the ‘Persian’ empire extended from the shores of the Mediterranean as far east as modern Pakistan
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Magic and Medicine in the Ancient World
<p>Step into the world of ancient magic and medicine. Here you will find physicians, sorcerers, demons and ghosts, potions, poisons, love charms and medicines. A murky world of healing,
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Beyond Vesuvius
<p>The Bay of Naples was inhabited well before the Romans. Oscans, Samnites, Etruscans and Greeks all contributed to the area’s unique history which we will trace from the Bronze Age to the present
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The Celts
<p>When Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls at Alesia in 52BC, Celtic culture in Europe was doomed to be dominated by Roman culture and law. The great tribal Celtic realms of western and central Europe
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<p>When Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls at Alesia in 52BC, Celtic culture in Europe was doomed to be dominated by Roman culture and law. The great tribal Celtic realms of western and central Europe
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Travel to Ancient Pompeii
<p>A visit to Pompeii is a journey into the past like no other place on earth can be. It is not the beautiful monuments or the public spaces that makes the place unique and unforgettable. It is the
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Dino Hunters and Other Treasure Seekers
<p>Dinosaurs are fascinating, so of course you want to discover more about them in this workshop – just as the earliest collectors of fossils did, though some of them went to much more bizarre
...Dino Hunters and Other Treasure Seekers
<p>Dinosaurs are fascinating, so of course you want to discover more about them in this workshop – just as the earliest collectors of fossils did, though some of them went to much more bizarre
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