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  • Mythology
    • Egyptian Mythology
      • Main Egyptian Gods
        • Anubis
        • Bastet
        • Geb
        • Hathor
        • Horus
        • Isis
        • Nephthys
        • Nut
        • Osiris
        • Ptah
        • Ra
        • Sekhmet
        • Set
        • Sobek
        • Thoth
    • Greek Mythology
      • The Olympian Gods
        • The 12 Olympian Gods
          • Aphrodite
          • Apollo
          • Ares
          • Artemis
          • Athena
          • Demeter
          • Dionysus
          • Hephaestus
          • Hera
          • Hermes
          • Poseidon
          • Zeus
        • The Other Olympian Gods
          • Aceso
          • Aegle
          • Alexiares & Anicetus
          • Ariadne
          • Asclepius
          • Bia
          • Charites
            • Aglaea
            • Euphrosyne
            • Thalia
          • Cratus
          • Deimus & Phobus
          • Dike
          • Dioscuri
          • Eirene
          • Enyo
          • Epione
          • Eris
          • Erotes
            • Anterus
            • Eros
            • Hedylogus
            • Hermaphroditus
            • Himerus
            • Hymenaeus
            • Pothus
          • Eunomia
          • Ganymede
          • Harmonia
          • Hebe
          • Heracles
          • Hestia
          • Horae
          • Hygeia
          • Iaso
          • Ilithyia
          • Iris
          • Litae
          • Moirae
          • Muses
            • Calliope
            • Clio
            • Erato
            • Euterpe
            • Melpomene
            • Polyhymnia
            • Terpsichore
            • Thalia
            • Urania
          • Nike
          • Nymphs
            • Aurae
            • Dryads
            • Hesperides
            • Naiads
            • Nereids
            • Oceanids
          • Panacea
          • Peitho
          • Psyche
          • Thyone
          • Tyche
          • Zelus
      • Underworld Gods
        • Furies
        • Hades
        • Hypnus
        • Persephone
        • Thanatus
      • Sea Gods
        • Amphitrite
        • Ceto
        • Doris
        • Glaucus
        • Naiads
        • Nereids
        • Nereus
        • Oceanids
        • Oceanus
        • Phorcys
        • Pontus
        • Poseidon
        • Tethys
        • Thalassa
        • Triton
      • Rustic Gods
        • Ariadne
        • Artemis
        • Dionysus
        • Dryads
        • Hermes
        • Naiads
        • Pan
        • Silenus
      • Primordial Gods
        • Chaos
        • Erebus
        • Gaia
        • Nyx
        • Pontus
        • Tartarus
        • Thalassa
        • Uranus
      • Titans
        • Anchiale
        • Anytus
        • Asteria
        • Astraeus
        • Atlas
        • Aura
        • Ceto
        • Clymene
        • Coeus
        • Crius
        • Cronus
        • Dione
        • Eos
        • Epimetheus
        • Eurybia
        • Eurynome
        • Hecate
        • Helius
        • Hyperion
        • Iapetus
        • Lelantus
        • Leto
        • Menoetius
        • Metis
        • Mnemosyne
        • Muses (Elder)
        • Oceanus
        • Pallas
        • Perses
        • Phoebe
        • Phorcys
        • Prometheus
        • Rhea
        • Selene
        • Styx
        • Tethys
        • Theia
        • Themis
      • Mythical Creatures
        • Automatons
        • Birds
        • Boars
        • Bulls
        • Carcinus
        • Centaurs
        • Cerberus
        • Cercopes
        • Charybdis
        • Chimera
        • Cyclopes
        • Deer
        • Dogs
        • Dracaenae
        • Dragons
        • Giants
        • Golden-Fleeced Ram
        • Gorgons
        • Graeae
        • Griffin
        • Harpies
        • Hippalectryon
        • Hippocampi
        • Ichthyocentaurs
        • Lernaean Hydra
        • Manticore
        • Minotaur
        • Nemean Lion
        • Pegasus
        • Phoenix
        • Satyrs
        • Scylla
        • Sirens
        • Sphinx
        • Teumessian Fox
        • Unicorn
      • Heroes
        • Achilles
        • Aeneas
        • Agamemnon
        • Ajax
        • Atalanta
        • Bellerophon
        • Cadmus
        • Daedalus
        • Diomedes
        • Hector
        • Heracles
        • Jason
        • Meleager
        • Menelaus
        • Nestor
        • Odysseus
        • Orpheus
        • Paris
        • Peleus
        • Perseus
        • Telamon
        • Theseus
    • Roman Mythology
      • Dii Selecti
        • Apollo
        • Bacchus
        • Ceres
        • Diana
        • Genius
        • Janus
        • Juno
        • Jupiter
        • Liber
        • Luna
        • Mars
        • Minerva
        • Mercury
        • Neptune
        • Orcus
        • Saturn
        • Sol
        • Terra
        • Venus
        • Vesta
        • Vulcan
      • Heroes
        • Aeneas
        • Cloelia
        • Coriolanus
        • Horatius Cocles
        • Romulus & Remus
        • Manlius Torquatus
        • Mucius Scaevola
      • Eastern Religions
        • Isis
        • Cybele
        • Mithras
        • Sabazius
        • Serapis
        • Sol Invictus
      • Sabine Gods
        • Diana
        • Dii Novensides
        • Feronia
        • Fides
        • Flora
        • Fons
        • Fortuna
        • Lares
        • Larunda
        • Luna
        • Minerva
        • Ops
        • Pales
        • Quirinus
        • Salus
        • Saturn
        • Sol
        • Summanus
        • Terminus
        • Veiovis
        • Vertumnus
        • Vulcan
  • Ancient Maps
    • Babylonian Map of the World
    • Anaximander’s Map
    • Hecataeus of Miletus’ Map
    • Eratosthenes’ Map
    • Posidonius’ Map
    • Strabo’s Map
    • Pomponius Mela’s Map
    • Marinus of Tyre’s Map
    • Ptolemy’s Map
    • Tabula Peutingeriana
  • Digital Maps
    • Ancient Battles
    • The Hellenistic World
      • Alexander the Great’s Empire
      • The Kingdoms of the Diadochi, c. 303 BC
    • Myths & Legends
    • Provinces of the Roman Empire
    • Roman Cities
      • Herculaneum
      • Ostia
      • Pompeii
      • Roma
    • Roman Empire
    • Roman Republic
      • The Second Punic War, 218-201 BC
      • The First Triumvirate, 58-53 BC
      • Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC
      • The Second Triumvirate, 43-30 BC
    • Roman Legions
      • II Augusta
    • Trade
      • The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
  • Ancient Literature
    • The Aeneid
      • The Aeneid, Book I
      • The Aeneid, Book II
      • The Aeneid, Book III
      • The Aeneid, Book IV
      • The Aeneid, Book V
      • The Aeneid, Book VI
      • The Aeneid, Book VII
      • The Aeneid, Book VIII
      • The Aeneid, Book IX
      • The Aeneid, Book X
      • The Aeneid, Book XI
      • The Aeneid, Book XII
    • The Argonautica
      • The Argonautica, Book I
      • The Argonautica, Book II
      • The Argonautica, Book III
      • The Argonautica, Book IV
    • The Gallic Wars
      • The Gallic Wars, Book I
      • The Gallic Wars, Book II
      • The Gallic Wars, Book III
      • The Gallic Wars, Book IV
      • The Gallic Wars, Book V
      • The Gallic Wars, Book VI
      • The Gallic Wars, Book VII
      • The Gallic Wars, Book VIII
    • The Iliad
      • The Iliad, Book I
      • The Iliad, Book II
      • The Iliad, Book III
      • The Iliad, Book IV
      • The Iliad, Book V
      • The Iliad, Book VI
      • The Iliad, Book VII
      • The Iliad, Book VIII
      • The Iliad, Book IX
      • The Iliad, Book X
      • The Iliad, Book XI
      • The Iliad, Book XII
      • The Iliad, Book XIII
      • The Iliad, Book XIV
      • The Iliad, Book XV
      • The Iliad, Book XVI
      • The Iliad, Book XVII
      • The Iliad, Book XVIII
      • The Iliad, Book XIX
      • The Iliad, Book XX
      • The Iliad, Book XXI
      • The Iliad, Book XXII
      • The Iliad, Book XXIII
      • The Iliad, Book XXIV
    • The Odyssey
      • The Odyssey, Book I
      • The Odyssey, Book II
      • The Odyssey, Book III
      • The Odyssey, Book IV
      • The Odyssey, Book V
      • The Odyssey, Book VI
      • The Odyssey, Book VII
      • The Odyssey, Book VIII
      • The Odyssey, Book IX
      • The Odyssey, Book X
      • The Odyssey, Book XI
      • The Odyssey, Book XII
      • The Odyssey, Book XIII
      • The Odyssey, Book XIV
      • The Odyssey, Book XV
      • The Odyssey, Book XVI
      • The Odyssey, Book XVII
      • The Odyssey, Book XVIII
      • The Odyssey, Book XIX
      • The Odyssey, Book XX
      • The Odyssey, Book XXI
      • The Odyssey, Book XXII
      • The Odyssey, Book XXIII
      • The Odyssey, Book XXIV
  • Recommendations
    • Classically Inspired Artists
    • Gifts
    • Recommended Media
      • Film
      • TV
      • Video Games
        • Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
    • Recommended Reading
      • Historical Fiction
      • Historical Fiction for Children
      • Scholarship on Ancient Greece
        • General Ancient Greece
        • Greek City States
          • Athens
          • Sparta
          • Thebes
        • Epigraphy
        • Mythology
        • Peloponnesian War
        • Politics
        • Warfare
        • Women in Ancient Greece
      • Scholarship on Ancient Persia
        • General Ancient Persia
        • Administration
        • Art of Ancient Persia
        • Epigraphy
        • Kings of Persia
          • Cyrus the Great
          • Cambysses II
          • Darius the Great
        • Religion
        • Persia and Greece
        • Women in Ancient Persia
      • Scholarship on Ancient Rome
        • The City of Rome
          • General City of Rome
          • Republican Rome
          • Imperial Rome
          • Late Rome
          • Architecture of Rome
          • Entertainment in Rome
          • The People of Ancient Rome
          • Sanitation in Ancient Rome
          • Trade in Ancient Rome
          • The Walls of Ancient Rome
        • Cities of the Roman Empire
          • Herculaneum
          • Ostia
          • Pompeii
        • The Roman Army
          • General Roman Army
          • The Legions of the Roman Army
          • The Enemies of Rome
          • The Auxilia of the Roman Army
          • Identity in the Roman Army
          • The Roman Navy
          • Military Service
          • Frontiers of the Empire
          • Warfare, Equipment and Technology in the Roman Army
          • Battles of the Roman Army
          • The Late Roman Army
        • The Roman Empire
          • General Roman Empire
          • Careers and Patronage
          • Citizenship
          • Epigraphy
          • Numismatics
          • Romanization
        • Provinces of the Roman Empire
          • Alpes
          • Britannia
            • General Britannia
            • Pre-Roman Britain
            • Late Roman Britain
            • Administration
            • Antonine Wall
            • Art
            • Economy
            • Hadrian’s Wall
            • Rebellion
            • Religion
            • The Army in Britannia
            • Urbanisation
            • Villas
          • Italia
          • Sardinia et Corsica
          • Sicilia
      • The Life and Death of Ancient Cities by Greg Woolf
  • Languages
    • Ancient Greek
      • CE & Scholarship
    • Aramaic
    • Egyptian Hieroglyphs
    • Etruscan
    • Latin
      • CE & Scholarship
      • GCSE
      • A Level
    • Mayan Hieroglyphs
    • Nahuatl (Aztec)
    • Phoenician
    • Punic
  • Ancient Art
    • Achaemenid Persian Art
    • Egyptian Art
      • Egyptian Amulets
      • Egyptian Frescoes
      • Egyptian Funerary Art
      • Egyptian Furniture
      • Egyptian Jewellery
      • Egyptian Pottery
      • Egyptian Sculpture
    • Etruscan Art
    • Greek Art
      • Greek Frescoes
      • Greek Jewellery
      • Greek Mosaics
      • Greek Pottery
      • Greek Sculpture
    • Minoan Art
    • Mycenaean Art
    • Neo-Assyrian Art
    • Neo-Babylonian Art
    • Sumerian Art
    • Roman Art
      • Roman Frescoes
      • Roman Glass
      • Roman Jewellery
      • Roman Mosaics
      • Roman Portraiture
      • Roman Pottery
      • Roman Sculpture
  • Ancient Rome
    • The Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC)
    • The Roman Republic (509–27 BC)
      • Roman Republic Timeline
    • The Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD)
      • The Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC – 68 AD)
  • Photography
    • Ancient Sites
      • Rome
      • Ostia
      • Austria
      • Egypt
      • France
      • Hungary
      • Italy
      • Montenegro
      • Romania
      • UK
    • Animals
    • Cursus Honorum
    • Entertainment
    • Imperial Families
      • Julio-Claudians
      • Flavians
      • Nerva-Antonine
      • Severans
      • Tetrarchy
      • Constantinian
      • Other Emperors
    • Museums
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Denmark
      • Egypt
      • France
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Italy
      • Luxembourg
      • Romania
      • Slovakia
      • Sweden
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    • Museum Exhibitions
    • Mythology
      • Gods & Goddesses
        • Celtic Gods
        • Eastern Gods
        • Roman Gods
      • Greek Myths
      • Mythological Creatures
      • Nymphs
      • Roman Myths
      • The Aeneid
      • The Iliad
      • The Odyssey
    • Roman Army
      • City of Rome
      • Military Equipment
      • Military Ranks
      • Roman Auxiliaries
      • Roman Cavalry
      • Roman Legions
      • Roman Navy
    • Roman Collections
    • Roman Religion
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A guide to the best reading available on the Ancient World:

Ancient Egypt

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Historical Fiction for Children

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#OTD in 42 BC, Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeated Brutus's army at the Battle of Philippi.
The Taurida Venus.
Panamanian Gold Plaque of a Face, c. 400-500 AD, from a tomb in Sitio Conte.
Egyptian Bes-Image Amulet, c. 1070–712 BC.
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