Photo of Frederick Douglass, by George Kendall Warren, c. 1879 / National Archives By Dr. Jonathan Holloway...
Month: February 2017
George Washington Lansdowne portrait, by Gilbert Stuart, 1796 / White House Lecture by Dr. Joanne Freeman /...
Horrea Epagathiana, Ostia Antica / Wikimedia Commons Introduction Impression of the unloading of a ship. / Misurare...
The Morrigan is the goddess of war, battle, strife, and fertility in Celtic mythology. Most notably in...
Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux (detail), 1739–41, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Pastel and gouache on paper...
Kritios Boy / Archaeological Museum, Athens By Dr. Monica Bowen / 08.27.2014 Professor of Art History Seattle...
By Kira M. Newman / 02.13.2017 Navigating Life’s Struggles A mentor of mine recently passed away, and...
By Eugene Robinson / 02.12.2017 Washington Post Writers’ Group No one should have been surprised when President...
For the Celts the Winter Solstice represented the end of a season of hard work, it was...
Andrei Makarevich, lead singer of the Moscow rock band “Time Machine” / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis...
The history of fire stations dates back all the way to ancient Egypt. The first fire brigade in...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 02.11.2017 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief It’s often argued that everything our ancestors did...
A Greek sculpture from the fourth century B.C. / Photo by Tilemahos Efthimiadis / Flickr. Looking for...
By Wendy Gittleson / 02.10.2017 Donald Trump has no real platform other than be afraid, be very...
Terracotta relief of the Matres (the Vertault relief), three Celtic goddesses, from the Gallo-Roman settlement of Vertillum...
Aerial view of London, 1850. View of London looking north-east, from Westminster and showing the course of...
By Christina Sarich / 02.11.2017 India Plants 50 Million Trees in a Single Day Over 800,000 volunteers...
The Bel Temple, Aleppo, 2004. Courtesy of and © Ross Burns. All rights reserved An archaeologist explains...
Benedict Arnold is a case study of the ways in which ideas about regionalism, social rank, and...
Roman gate at Porta Roman / Wikimedia Commons Introduction In the late-republican period a wall was built...
Tol’iatti, Russia / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History...
Sarah Palin “represents the descent of politics,” wrote the Ottawa Citizen‘s Andrew Cohen. “We see today a...
Image from A-1 Pictures & Satelight By Dr. David Stowe / 02.09.2017 Professor of English and Religious...
Christian buildings, Christian evidence in buildings, and destruction of buildings by Christians in ancient Ostia. Buildings Oratorio...
11.17.2015 Description: The Temple of Trajan, also called Trajaneum, is one of the most spectacular structures in...
View of the Roman forum, looking toward the Colosseum (photo: Steven Zucker) By Dr. Jessica Leah Ambler...
Roman Serapeum in Alexandria, Egypt / Photo by Jerzga Franklin, Pinterest Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh /...
Three water nymphs (stone bas relief of the “Triple Coventina”), found in Coventina’s Well, Carrawburgh, near Hadrian’s...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Anti-Parasite Law...
King Charles I Lecture by Dr. Keith Wrightson / 11.05.2009 Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History...