‘Silk Roads’ Review: At the British Museum, a Dense Web of Trade and Transit
This thrilling, wide-ranging exhibition maps the complex connections among European and Asian civilizations from A.D. 500 to ...
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From the Wilderness to Appomattox
At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...
Q&A: Looking at ancient Roman plagues through an environmental lens
A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...
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Was the Delian League the NATO of the Ancient Greek World?
Scholars have identified interesting parallels between the military alliances of NATO and the ancient Athenian-led Delian League.