Ahead of you is an amazing journey with the famous art critic Paola Dmitrievna Volkova - this time to the distant past, to the Ancient World, to our origins. In the book you will find a lot of interesting information - about ancient Greek policies, the Olympics, mythology, the origins and development of Roman statehood, the life and customs of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. But the main thing in it is the cultural heritage of that time and its connection with modernity. By reading it, you will learn not to take ready-made answers on faith, but, on the contrary, to raise questions, which is much more important.