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False Testimony?   Josephus Debates about the existence of Jesus go back many centuries and one of the most commonly used pieces...

Hannibal’s Mistake? Hannibal In Livy’s series of books about the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.E.) there is a scene in which after...

Mythical Victory Relief of Rameses II at Kadesh In c. 1274 B.C.E., Rameses II, Pharaoh of Egypt engaged in battle with the Hittite K...

The Ruling Ptolemaic Queens A Brief Overview Egyptian Base Relief Of Cleopatra In a previous posting I discussed briefly the f...

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire A Note on Three Myths Sack of Rome 410 C.E. The Decline of the Roman Empire is one of...

“They Are My Sons!” Oedipus and His Daughters Oedipus and his Daughters at Colonus In a previous posting I looked at the worki...

Heretic Pharaoh A Note The Aton  One of the most controversial historical figures is that of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, a Pharaoh of ...

The Fall of Rome A Note on Britain Late Roman British Villa The Fall of Rome is considered one of the great mysteries of history...

Jesus the Little Known A Note Icon of Jesus Jesus of Nazareth will undoubtedly be considered by many people has one of them most influe...

Top Ten The below is my list in order of importance of the top ten events of the last 2000 years (1 - 2000 C.E.). 1, The life, teachings ...

Greek Vases While I was visiting New York I had a chance to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here are some pictures i was able to get of ...

The Trial of Jesus Jesus on Trial before Pilate On this Easter weekend it is perhaps germane to discuss probably the most significant tri...

Adverso Athens I Introduction Statute from the Erechtheion Acropolis, Athens One of the great intellectual clichés in the Western intellect...

The Fall of the Roman Republic a Note The Roman Empire 60 B.C.E. The fall of the Roman Republic and its replacement by the Roman Imp...