THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine This map depicts the vast area conquered by the ...

AFTER AKHENATON

Akhenaton’s rule had not been the idyll that was conjured up in art. Reality lay in the hunger, suffering, and death beyond the borders of ...

THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine This map portrays ancient Greece, with its indep...

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Smith Collection, University of Southern Maine Seen here are the regions traversed by Jason and...

AZTEC EARPLUGS?

The Aztec Culture, as with many other past cultures of the Mesoamerican region had a love for Obsidian. It was used mainly for objects of a ...

AN ANCIENT CALCULATOR?

Reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (made by Robert J. Deroski, based on Derek J. de S...

HOLY LAND

Gerard de Jode, in Speculum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1578 Smith Collection, University of Southern Maine West is at the top. A detailed bird...