More than 3,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian artists flubbed a royal ... who was buried near Thebes (modern day Luxor). In the painting, the pharaoh has some stubble on his face and is facing ...

2007 Report on the Mission to Islamic Cairo and Thebes with its Necropolis, 29 April - 4 May 2007 2001 ICOMOS Mission Report, Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Conservation issues presented to the ...

Formed with the idea that only love withstands war, the Sacred Band of Thebes was deliberately comprised of 150 gay or bisexual couples. The Sacred Band of Thebes was ancient Greece’s savage ...

The ancient ... Greece’s first professional standing army, housed and fed by the city. They first saw action in the spring of 378 B.C., when Sparta tried to seize the farmlands around Thebes.

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world ... glorious palaces decorated with beautiful wall paintings. Image caption, Artwork of a bull on a ...

What was it like to live in an ancient Greek family? What was everyday life like in ancient Greece? Find out about family life, entertainment, food and fashion. Who were the ancient Greek gods and ...