Egypt
There are 605 items in Egypt:
Head of a Nubian with a donkey |
Hellenistic figurine of Bes |
Herculaneum, Villa of the Papyri, Ptolemy II Philadelphus |
Hermopolis, Obelisk of Nectanebo II |
Herodotus on Egyptian customs
Herodotusoffers a strange description: everything is the reversal of a custom that existed in Greece. The explanation is that the ancient Greeks believed that the barbarians on the edges of the earth were the opposite of the civilized people in…Herodotus on mummification
Herodotus on Sesostris' Reliefs
Sesostris' Reliefs: two reliefs, presented by Herodotus as evidence that a great Egyptian king once conquered almost the whole world. The…Herodotus on the First Circumnavigation of Africa
The Greek researcher and storyteller Herodotus of Halicarnassus (fifth century BCE) was the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses and Darius I the Great, culminating…Herodotus on the hippopotamus
Statuette of a hippopotamus It is usually assumed that the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicaranassus (fifth century BCE) copied his highly…Herodotus on the skulls at Pelusium
The story of the skulls of Pelusium illustrates Herodotus' use of evidence: he has checked the facts for himself. His explanation is obviously wrong, but at least he knows what he is talking about and is not repeating a story…Herodotus, bk 2, logos 4
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE), which met with disaster…Herodotus, bk 2, logos 5
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE), which met with disaster…