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Top 10 Ancient / Classical History Subject Pages

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The most popular subjects on the Ancient / Classical History site are pages with information on Cleopatra, mythology, Greece, Rome, Egypt and weapons. Here you will see what other people look for when looking for information on this history site.

1) Olympian Gods

Here you'll find information on Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Demeter, Poseidon, Dionysus, Hestia, Artemis, Athena, Hades, Hermes, and Persephone, the Olympian gods and goddesses.

2) Cleopatra Pictures

Information on Cleopatra is also popular, but the second most popular subject page is pictures of Cleopatra. Cleopatra was not the beauty queen we associate with the Hollywood picture of Cleopatra. Here you'll find some of the variety of ways Cleopatra has been represented.

3) Rome

The Rome subject page is the opening page of what is virtually an entire site on ancient Rome, including art, architecture, Roman Britain, calendar, emperors, the Roman Empire, historians, the Fall of Rome, homes, the Italic tribes, kings and the early republic, Latin, law, maps, military, Mithraism, names, numerals, Pompeii, roads, slavery, timelines, Vesuvius, the Roman villa, and weapons.

4) Zeus

Zeus is the most popular single god, perhaps because he is the king of the Greek pantheon. In Roman mythology, Zeus is known as Jupiter.

5) Ancient Greece

Greek index of resources on engineering, architecture, arms, archaeology, art, death, afterlife, dictionaries, fonts, myth, jewelry, law, literature, maps, marriage, math, mechanics, lexicons, Greek language, Peloponnesian and Persian Wars, philosophy, philosophers, poetry, politics, science, society, weapons, weddings, writing, Sparta, timelines, Troy and the Trojan War.

6) Cleopatra

There seems to be no end to the fascination with Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. Here you will find more general resources, including biographical information and Cleopatra's relationships with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

7) Greek Weapons and Warfare

Ancient Greek military. Ancient Greek wars, weapons, armor, ship, and Greek battles.

8) Greek Gods Pictures

Resources for pictures of the Olympian gods and goddesses of the Greek and Roman pantheon.

9) Greek and Roman Mythology

Information on the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology and the shared gods and goddesses in the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans. More than just the Olympian gods and goddesses.

10) Egypt

Resources on ancient Egypt (Kemet), its pharaohs, hieroglyphs, pyramids, the gods and goddesses, archaeology, art, egyptologists, sites for homeschoolers and kids, and gossip.

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