“For the first time, we can produce models that convey a real sense of space as well as high-res images that enable the viewer to see the reality of ancient paintings better than on sit ...

Moreover, the texts and the paintings are the source of information concerning the people and cultures of neighbouring countries: Nubia, the country of Punt, Libya, as well as Syria and the Hittite ...

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 ...

Nevine El-Aref explores the rich history of Thebes and the work being done to offer a glimpse of its ancient Egyptian grandeur ... Furthermore, the texts and paintings provide vital information ...

By the 7th Century BC, there were at least five different varieties of same-sex relations in Ancient Greece. The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite military unit comprised of 300 male lovers in ...

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 ...