Ancient World

Ancient Egypt

Predynastic Ancient Egypt

• Predynastic Egypt: Badarian Culture
• Predynastic Egypt: Naqada I & II
• Predynastic Egypt: Maadi Culture

Ancient Egypt History

• Akhenaten and Monotheism
• Ancient Egyptian Medicine
• Cannabis in Ancient Egyptian Religion and Culture
• Egyptian Cosmetics Spoon
• First Pregnant Egyptian Mummy Discovered
• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• The Great Pyramid Of King Khufu
• In 1915 Howard Carter Hired to Find Tutankhamun’s Tomb
• King Tutankhamun’s Tomb
• Labor Strikes of Ancient Egypt
• Nefertiti Bust
• Mummy Brown
• Neferneferuaten Nefertiti (1370 – 1330 BC)
• Opening of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
• Priests and Priestesses of Ancient Egypt
• Ramesses II
• The Sphinx: An Introduction
• The Sphinx and Its Meaning
• The Sun’s Reverence of Ramses II
• Temple of Karnak: An Introduction
• Tutankhamun Funerary Mask
• Tutankhamun’s Tomb Knot
• 4,000-year-old Egyptian tomb

Ancient Egyptian Games

• Ancient Egyptian Games: Hounds and Jackals
• Ancient Egyptian Games: Senet
• Ancient Sumerian Games: Game Of Ur

Ancient Egyptian Language

• An Introduction To Egyptian Hieroglyphs
• Hieroglyphics and Cartouches Simplified
• Famine Stela
• Harpokrates Stelae
• The Rosetta Stone

Ancient Egyptian Weapons

• Sword Types: Khopesh

Ancient Egyptian Mythology

• Ancient Egyptian Religion Overview
• Ancient Egyptian Concept of the Soul
• Duat: Ancient Egyptian Underworld
• Egyptian Gods & Goddesses Of The Great Ennead
• Osirian Mysteries
• Priests and Priestesses of Ancient Egypt
• 42 Divine Principles of Ma’at

Ancient Egyptian Gods & Goddesses

• Amun-Ra
• Anubis: God of the Dead
• On Anubis
• Sekhmet: Goddess Of War
• Thoth: God of Scribes

Ancient Greece & Rome

Ancient Greek History

• Ancient Greeks and the Nature of Matter
• The Colossus of Rhodes
• Lysippos
• Measurements and Currency Of Ancient Greece
• Phryne the Thespian
• The Plague at Athens (430 – 427 B.C.)
• 5 Fun Facts about the Acropolis

Ancient Roman Empire/Republic

• Antonine Wall
• Appian Way
• Marcus Tullius Cicero
• Cicero
• Ephesus: Roman Architectural Site
• Ides of March
• Marcus Licinius Crassus
• Roman Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain
• Roman Baths
• Roman Theatre of Palmyra
• The festival of Lupercalia

Ancient Greek and Roman Weapons

• Sword Types: Gladius – Ancient Rome
• Sword Types: Xiphos – Ancient Greece

Ancient Greek Mythology

• The Amazons (of Greek Mythology)
• Antigone’s Fate
• Arachne
• Cerberus
• Circe
• Cupid & Psyche
• Empusa
• The Gorgons
• The Hydra
• The Hydra of Lerna
• Oracle of Delphi
• The Satyrs

Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses

• Athena
• Atlas
• Hecate (Hekate): Goddess of Witches, Magic and the Night

Art Inspired By Greek Mythology

• Atlas Holding Up the Celestial Globe (1646) – Guercino
• Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus
• The Birth of Minerva [Athena] (1688) – René-Antoine Houasse
• Charon Carries Souls Across the River Styx (1861) – Alexander Litovchenko
• Hylas and the Nymphs
• Oedipus and Antigone (1825) – Aleksander Kokular
• “The Torment of Tantalus” by Bernard Picart (1673-1733)

The Vikings

Viking History

• Gender Roles: Viking Warrior Women
• How Iceland Saved Viking Lore and Traditions
• Lagertha: Viking Shieldmaiden
• Norse Discover Iceland
• Oseberg Ship
• The Rök Stone
• What does the word Viking even mean?
• Who Were The Norse?
• Viking Art: Antler, Bone & Ivory
• Viking Era Jewelry
• Vikings in Greenland
• Viking Longships
• Viking Runes Introduction

Nordic Runes

• Viking Runes Introduction
• Three Rune Spread Reading
• Fehu
• Uruz
• Thurisaz
• Ansuz
• Raidho (Raido)

Norse (Viking) Mythology & Folklore

Norse (Viking) Mythology

• Aesir Gods
• Who Were The Norse?
• The Aesir-Vanir War
• Bitfrost Bridge (Rainbow Bridge)
• The Children of Loki
• Frigga’s Handmaidens
• Naglfar (“Nail-ship”)
• Norse Mythology and Days of the Week
• Nothingness in Existential Philosophy & Norse Mythology Concept of Ginnungagap
• Tanngrisrnir and Tanngnjostr (Thor’s Goats)
• Valhalla
• The War between the Giants and the Norse Gods
• Yggdrasill

Norse (Viking) Nine Worlds

• The Nine Realms of Norse Mythology
• Alfheim
• Asgard
• Fólkvangr
• Ginnungagap
• Vanaheim

Norse (Viking) Gods & Goddesses

• Aegir and Ran
• Balder
• Freyja
• Freyr
• Hel
• Heimdall

Norse Creatures

• Famous Trolls of Mythology
• Fenrir
• Frost Giants of Norse Mythology
• Ghosts and the Undead of Norse Mythology
• Giants of Norse Mythology 101
• Jörmungandr and the ouroboros through world mythology
• Nidhogg
• The Norns
• Werewolves of the Norse World
• Witches of the Norse World
• Ymir, the First Giant

The Valkyrie

• The 39 Named Valkyrie of Viking Mythology
  • Brynhildr

Days of the Week

• Days of the Week: Sunday
• Days of the Week: Monday
• Days of the Week: Tuesday
• Days of the Week: Wednesday
• Days of the Week: Thursday
• Days of the Week: Friday
• Days of the Week: Saturday

Arthurian Legends

Principal Characters

• Morgan le Fay

Ancient & Medieval Cuisine

Ancient Egyptian

• Ancient Egyptian Food: Bread
• Ancient Egyptian Food: Date Candies
• Ancient Egyptian Food: Falafel (Ta’amia)

Ancient Greek

• Ancient Greek Food: Sesame Honey Candy (Pasteli)

Ancient Scandinavian

• Thor Cake – Northern Germanic

Medieval & Renaissance Cuisine

• Colcannon – Celtic
• Maidstone Biscuits – English
• Saffron Bread – European