Ancient Greek polybolos machine gun is one of the most fascinating warfare inventions in antiquity, shooting and reloading ...

The reconstruction of ancient Alexandria by Hollywood in Oliver Stone’s film Alexander is impressive, but in truth little that is historic still stands. It doesn’t matter - the real treat lies ...

Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish leader, philosopher and scholar in the first century. Born in 30 BC to a wealthy Jewish family in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, he was an important spokesman ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient Egyptian mummified head displayed in a school library in Australia now has a fresh face, thanks to a meticulous scientific reconstruction. The ancient object is s ...

The next site on today’s canonical list of ancient wonders is the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Philo, however, did not include the marvelous building on his own list. Instead we have ...