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Ancient Greece / Classical Greece
Mousikê: How Ancient Greece Gave Western Music Its Soul
In ancient Greece, Mousikê was far more than music. It united poetry, song, memory, education, civic life, and cosmic harmony.
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2
Greek World / Greek Sicily
Aphrodite Kallipygos: The Greek Goddess of Beautiful Buttocks
Discover the ancient story of Aphrodite Kallipygos, two Syracusan sisters, lovesickness, beauty, desire, and a cult born in Greek Sicily.
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Ancient Mesopotamia / Neo-Assyrian Empire
Sennacherib and the Destruction of Babylon in 689 BC
In 689 BC, Sennacherib destroyed Babylon through siege, fire, plunder, and flooding before Esarhaddon later rebuilt the sacred city.
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Greek World / Classical Macedonia
Eurydice of Macedon: Alexander the Great's Grandmother and the Argead Dynasty
Eurydice of Macedon, grandmother of Alexander the Great, reveals how royal women shaped the crises that made Macedonian power possible.
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Ancient Egypt / Early Dynastic Egypt
Imhotep and Djoser: Architect of Egypt's Step Pyramid at Saqqara
Imhotep rose from royal servant to legendary architect, physician, priest, and divine figure whose Step Pyramid changed ancient Egypt forever.