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 ...

The Sacred Band of Thebes was ancient Greece’s savage gift to anyone still facing opponents of gays in the military today. An elite military force, this platoon of egregiously out warriors ...

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 ...

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 ...

54th St. New York City. Oedipus' two sons were supposed to rule Thebes in tandem. But Eteocles took complete control and forced his brother out of the city and is now sole king. Eteocles has been ...