Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

Cat. of printed maps, charts and plans, v. 15, col. 379. NUC Pre-1956 imprints, NM 0690785 Titles of volumes vary. Title of v. 5: Atlas geographus: or, A compleat system of geography, (ancient and ...