Ancient

Browse published pages on everyday life across the ancient world, from early cities and palace economies to household work, food systems, craft production, and public infrastructure.

Published locations

• Daily life in Ancient Rome during the 1st century CE
• Daily life in Pompeii before the eruption
• Daily life in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE
• Daily life in Ancient Athens during the age of Pericles
• Daily life in Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom
• Daily life in Thebes during the New Kingdom
• Daily life in Memphis, Egypt during the Old Kingdom
• Daily life in Memphis, Egypt during the Late Period
• Daily life in Meroe during the Kingdom of Kush
• Daily life in Deir el-Medina around 1250 BCE
• Daily life on Elephantine around 500 BCE
• Daily life in Berenike during the 1st century CE
• Daily life in Ur, Mesopotamia around 2000 BCE
• Daily life in Babylon around 600 BCE
• Daily life in Assur during c. 1400-900 BCE
• Daily life in Nineveh during the 7th century BCE
• Daily life in Ebla around 2400 BCE
• Daily life in Ugarit around 1300 BCE
• Daily life in Byblos around 1200 BCE
• Daily life in Hattusa around 1300 BCE
• Daily life in Gordion around 800 BCE
• Daily life at Troy during the Late Bronze Age
• Daily life in Sardis around 600 BCE
• Daily life in Tushpa, Urartu around 750 BCE
• Daily life in Jerusalem during the First Temple period
• Daily life at Masada during the 1st century CE
• Daily life in Caesarea Maritima during the 1st century CE
• Daily life in Petra during the 1st century CE
• Daily life in Marib during the Sabaean period
• Daily life in Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley around 2500 BCE
• Daily life in Harappa, Indus Valley around 2000 BCE
• Daily life in Taxila during c. 300 BCE-100 CE
• Daily life around Sanchi during c. 100 BCE-100 CE
• Daily life in Anuradhapura during c. 200 BCE-200 CE
• Daily life in Muziris during the 1st century CE
• Daily life in Anyang, Shang China around 1200 BCE
• Daily life in Sanxingdui around 1200 BCE
• Daily life in the Dong Son culture around 500 BCE
• Daily life in Oc Eo during the 1st-3rd centuries CE
• Daily life in Yayoi Japan around 100 BCE
• Daily life in Knossos, Crete during the Late Bronze Age
• Daily life in Mycenae around 1300 BCE
• Daily life in Pylos around 1200 BCE
• Daily life in Syracuse around 400 BCE
• Daily life in Massalia around 500 BCE
• Daily life in Punic Carthage around 300 BCE
• Daily life in Etruscan Tarquinia around 600 BCE
• Daily life at La Venta around 800 BCE
• Daily life at Chavin de Huantar around 800 BCE
• Daily life in Monte Alban during c. 200 BCE-200 CE
• Daily life in the Nok culture during c. 500 BCE-200 CE
• Daily life in Jenne-Jeno during c. 250 BCE-250 CE
• Daily life in Aksum during the 1st-3rd centuries CE
• Daily life in Teotihuacan during the 5th century CE
• Daily life in Dura-Europos during the 3rd century CE
• Daily life in Palmyra during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE
• Daily life in Ai-Khanoum during the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE
• Daily life in Merv during c. 200 BCE-200 CE
• Daily life in Nisa during c. 100 BCE
• Daily life in Khotan during the 1st-3rd centuries CE