Being adopted by Julius Caesar didn’t do Augustus any harm. One swashbuckling charioteer earned the equivalent of US$15 billion....
Month: April 2018
An exact science. counterculturecopy/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Forget your cappuccinos – it’s all about chemex and cold drip now. By...
What can you do to ensure a more perfect brew? Chris Hendon, CC BY-ND The science behind why what...
Louis XIV / Wikimedia Commons By Zhenya Gershman / 10.19.2010 Education Department J. Paul Getty Museum Drapery—artfully...
Bird of paradise from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Ornithologia (1599) Wikimedia Commons When birds of paradise first arrived to Europe, as dried...
To ancient Romans, the practice of sitting on a shared toilet in an open room full of...
The baths at Bath, England. Romans by Shutterstock The Romans are well known for introducing sanitation to much of their empire...
Rurik / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.03.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The...
By Dr. Thomas Welskopp / 12.03.2010 Professor of Philosophy and Theology Universität Bielefeld Abstract This article traces...
Left: The Virgin and Child with Saints and Allegorical Figures, about 1315–20, Giotto di Bondone (Italian, about 1267–1337)....
The Ascension of Christ from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, about 1340, Pacino di Bonaguida. Tempera and gold on...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.05.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Middle Kingdom 1.1 –...
Portrait of a Man, about 100 B.C., found in Delos, Greece. Bronze, white paste, and dark stone,...
Trump’s popularity reflects a broader cultural phenomenon. REUTERS/Jim Young Research from the University of Maryland suggests that ‘Trump culture’ is part of human culture, and has its roots...
Eastman Kodak Advertisement for the Brownie Camera, c. 1900 By Dr. Juliana Kreinik / 08.09.2015 Art Historian,...
Day from Times of Day, 1805, Philipp Otto Runge. Printmakers: Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger and Johann Adolph Darnstedt. Etching and...
Macbeth: I’m not all bad. Honest. Studio Canal publicity Shakespeare cast the Scottish king as the ultimate villain, but you shouldn’t believe...
Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.03.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Overview of the...
More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians understood the cycle of eclipses. They also regarded them as signs that could foretell the death of a king. By Dr. Gonzalo...
Ricardo Liberato/wikimedia, CC BY-ND Understanding the past requires knowledge that goes beyond modern science. By Dr. Daniel Brown / 03.12.2018...
Because loneliness is now considered a public health issue—and even an epidemic—people are exploring its causes and...
Photo by Colin Wilson, Creative Commons Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntosh Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Defining...
Donald Trump posts a link to his very own ‘Real News Update’ on Facebook. Donald J. Trump/Facebook The best...
Holloway Sanatorium in 1885 / Wellcome Library By Julia Nurse / 08.07.2016 Collections Researcher and Web Content...
William W Sargant, 1948. Wellcome Library reference: PP/WWS/A/19. Mike Jay delves into the personal papers of one of...
News in ancient Greece Greek and Roman historians were also known to fudge or fabricate their time in the...
mark higgins/Shutterstock It’s lunacy to believe you own the moon, so why is cultural heritage any different? TheParthenon sculptures at least belong together. By Dr. Constantine...
Many reasons that weren’t explored may account for the findings that women who drank coffee decreased their...
Nobuhiro Asada/Shutterstock.com A new analysis shows that coffee is associated with a host of positive health effects. By Dr. Robin Poole / 11.22.2017 Specialist...
What is this man thinking? AP Photo/Ted S. Warren What sort of beliefs made a mass movement succeed? By Dr. Ronald...