Greek and Roman Glass (214) in the reinstalled Getty Villa Centuries-old glassworking techniques dazzle the modern eye...
Month: May 2018
Iranian fine art photographer Mehrdad Naragahi’s photography is the visual embodiment of Gabriel García Márquez ‘s magical...
Tattoo on an ancient Egyptian female mummy / Creative Commons For thousands of years, tattoos have been indicative of the passage from girlhood to...
Abbaye de Lessay (département de la Manche), France / Photo by Ji-Elle, Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew...
Shutterstock Turning zero from a punctuation mark into a number paved the way for everything from algebra to algorithms. By Dr....
Photo by Edward Harris, Africa Progress Panel, Creative Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 05.03.2018 Historian Brewminate...
Old Lime kiln in Simplon Namibia / Photo by Hp.Baumeler, Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh Historian...
Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini / German Federal Archives via Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Richard Adewale Elewomawu...
“Yiddish Motifs” (Yidishe Motoyf). Woodcut of a traditional Shtetl by the Chicago-based Ashkenazi artist Todros Geller, published...
Bone-flinging feast? Giles Gasper Think of medieval food and a whole range of not especially dignified images come...
A reconstruction of Homo erectus making fire, Zhoukoudian Museum, China. Darren Curnoe, Author provided Few of us pause to reflect...
Rich people like Sean Hannity can easily get even richer off foreclosed homes, leaving families out in...
By Dr. Michael Fowler / 07.23.2015 Maxine S. and Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics , Physics Education,Theoretical Condensed...
The three Moirai. Relief, grave of Alexander von der Mark (de) by Johann Gottfried Schadow. / Old National Gallery, Berlin, via Wikimedia Commons...
Display of Frank Sinatra’s art at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles By Dr. Monica Bowen / 12.19.2017 Professor...
Carter And King Jazzing Orchestra, 1921 / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 05.01.2018 Historian...
Centre for the Study for Christianity and Culture, University of York., Author provided New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey...
Medieval teaching scene. gallica.bnf.fr / BnF Back in the Middle Ages, as well as speaking English and Latin, many people living inBritain also...
By Dr. Beryl Rawson Vale Professor Emerita Professor of Classics and Ancient History Australian National University The...
The Summerston distance stone from the Antonine Wall, which was found near Bearsden, was one artefact successfully...
Verdi’s Aida premiered at the Khedivial Opera House, Cairo, to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. / Wikimedia...
Tang and Shakespeare’s dramas are being blended together in a series of adaptions. Performance Infinity, Author provided Shakespeare was not the only famous...
Armorial screen Qing dynasty, 1720–1730, Artists from Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong province, China / Peabody Essex Museum via Wikimedia...
Damen bearbeiten neue Seide, by Meister nach Chang Hsüan / The Yorck Project via Wikimedia Commons By Dr....
Curioso/Shutterstock The story of the silk road, ancient or modern, is as much the story of the sea...
No go zone. pixelflake/Flickr, CC BY-SA Explore the hidden origins of one of China’s most significant historic sites. By Jonathan Dugdale / 06.09.2017 PhD Candidate...