Warfare was a way of life for many Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. A new Sky HISTORY series sees why several of their battles are ...

Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

Chandragupta Maurya, India's first emperor, overthrew the Nanda dynasty. He unified the subcontinent and established the ...

Chandragupta Maurya was the first king to establish an empire in India. He died a monk. Chandragupta Maurya is considered to ...

This is Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ depiction of Judah Maccabee’s triumph in the rebellion he led against the Seleucid Empire from 167-164 B.C. Rubens lived from 1577-1640. (Courtesy Photo) ...

The Hasmonean Dynasty, having defeated the Seleucid Empire and kicking them out of Israel, having re-established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel, had earned the uncritical adulation of ...

The Ptolemaic dynasty - the longest and last dynasty of ancient Egypt - ruled Israel from 301 to 198 BC. The Seleucid dynasty, a Macedonian Greek royal family, held control over Palestine and the ...

For roughly a century, Judea was controlled by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which ruled from Alexandria, Egypt, before being taken over by the Seleucid Empire around 200 B.C.E. Uncovered bronze coins ...

The site dates back 2,200 years to the time of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Seleucid Empire. After Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., his generals divided his vast empire among themselves.

Seleucid Empire’s Laodicea's 15,000-seat ancient theater revived Originally built in the 2nd century BCE, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the 3rd century CE and subsequently rebuilt.

The year was 167 B.C.E., and the Seleucid Empire, ruled by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, was unchallenged and unchallengeable in its might.

Hanukkah, also called the Festival of Lights, is an 8-day celebration of the Maccabees’ recapturing of Jerusalem and the Second Temple from the occupying Seleucid Empire.