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archaeology

(Encyclopedia)archaeology ärkēŏlˈəjē [key] [Gr.,=study of beginnings], a branch of anthropology that seeks to document and explain continuity and change and similarities and differences among human cultures. ...

Neco

(Encyclopedia)Neco. For ancient Egyptians thus named, use Necho.

poster

(Encyclopedia)poster, placard designed to be posted in some public place for purposes of commercial announcement or propaganda. Advertising makes wide use of posters, as do charitable and political organizations. I...

advertising

(Encyclopedia)advertising, in general, any openly sponsored offering of goods, services, or ideas through any medium of public communication. At its inception advertising was merely an announcement; for example, en...

Thothmes

(Encyclopedia)Thothmes. For ancient Egyptian kings thus named, use Thutmose.

Amenophis

(Encyclopedia)Amenophis. For ancient Egyptian kings thus names, use Amenhotep.

Ahmose

(Encyclopedia)Ahmose. For ancient Egyptian kings thus named, use Amasis.

Mycenae

(Encyclopedia)Mycenae mīsēˈnē [key], ancient city of Greece, in Argolis. In historical times it had little importance and was usually dependent on Argos. Its significance is in its remote past as a center of My...

Palermo stone

(Encyclopedia)Palermo stone, ancient Egyptian stone of black diorite engraved toward the end of the 5th dynasty (2565–2420 b.c.) and containing the earliest extant annals. The stone is only a small fragment of wh...

Hierapolis

(Encyclopedia)Hierapolis hīərăpˈəlĭs [key], ancient city of Phrygia, W Asia Minor, 7 mi (11.3 km) N of Laodicea and on a plateau 500 ft (152 m) above the Lycus valley (in present-day Turkey). Devoted to the w...