Ancient world

Ji Hao

The real tale of the Monkey King in Heaven

Iseult Gillespie

Greek mythology’s greatest warrior

Stephanie Honchell Smith

How to love, according to Rumi

Vivian Jiang

How did ancient civilizations make ice cream?

Geoffrey E. Braswell

The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city

Iseult Gillespie

The Greek myth of Demeter's revenge

Franziska Naether

Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

Kirsten Banks

The aboriginal knowledge stored in the stars

Jessica Tomkins

History vs. Egypt’s "most powerful" pharaoh

Martin Lockley

The dinosaur detectives of real-life Jurassic parks

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire

Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn

A day in the Islamic Golden Age

Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons

Ancient Pompeii's hidden messages, preserved in graffiti

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love

Soraya Field Fiorio

How did they build the Great Pyramid of Giza?

Iseult Gillespie

The myth of Pegasus and the chimera