Some of the earliest board games are over 5,000 years old. The oldest is probably Senet, an American Egyptian game which has been found in burials from before 3000 BC. The game involves an element of luck, and so it was thought by the Ancient Egyptians that those who won the game ...
Cheap is good, but free is better. If you're on a budget, reconsider your dad's old bookshelf or your aunt's ancient armchair. You can always paint wood furniture you want to update or throw a slipcover over outdated upholstery. Before you buy anything -- even small appliances and...
Catherine Boeckmann loves nature, stargazing, and gardening so it’s not surprising that she and The Old Farmer’s Almanac found each other. She leads digital content for the Almanac website, and is also a certified master gardener in the state of Indiana.Read More from Catherine Boeckmann ...
What did the Code of Hammurabi do for Mesopotamia? Where were the Laws of Hammurabi written? How old was Tutankhamun when he died? Was Hammurabi in Sumer? Where is the Stele of Hammurabi? How was the Code of Hammurabi announced? How old was Nero when he became emperor?
How old is Greek civilization? How was the Chinese system of writing similar to that in Egypt and Sumer? How were the Indus Valley and the Shang civilizations similar? How did the Hittites worship their deities? How did the ancient Greeks get around?
Trade seems to be as old as civilization itself—ancient civilizations traded with each other for goods they could not produce for themselves due to climate, natural resources, or other inhibiting factors. The ability of two countries to produce items the other could not and mutually exchange them...
These include bones from dire wolves, sabertoothed cats, western horses, ground sloths and mammoths -- and the pit is only about 15 feet (4.5 meters) deep! The vast majority of these remains have been radiocarbon dated to between about 10,000 to 40,000 years old, and Pit 91, like ...
Digging Ancient Iraq: How Mesopotamia Has Weathered the WarPeter Brown
One of the common myths about royalty is that they are stuffy, old-fashioned and resistant to change, but the fact that so many royal houses continue to exist into the 21st century is proof of their adaptability. In some systems, royalty is simple: Members of the ruling family are royal,...
The successor to Mursili, Telepinu, reigned until roughly 1500 BC and was the last ruler of the Old Hittite Empire. So, the Old Empire lasted roughly 250 years. The Middle Hittite Kingdom began after Telepinu's rule around 1500 BC. Unfortunately, there is very little information regarding...