From a medieval manuscript / British Library, Public Domain The heroic character of Beowulf, the nature of leadership...
Month: December 2018
Illustration showing Alaric in Athens, by Ludwig Thiersch / Wikimedia Commons If one wishes to consider German-Roman...
Gerald Ford, left, and Carl Albert wave on Dec. 6, 1973, just after Ford was sworn in...
Looking at the consequences of President Nixon’s actions and how the public viewed our governmental policies afterwards. By...
Nixon had a strong “us v. them” mentality. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate On June 17,...
The St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is a sign of the city’s former historical significance. matt shalvatis The...
Set of Post Stamps “Kyivan Princesses on European Thrones”, Ukraine’s Postal Service, 2016 She was an influential advisor...
Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq / Photo by M.Lubinski, Wikimedia Commons Among its peaks of...
Passing lion, brick panel from the Procession Way which ran from the Marduk temple to the Ishtar...
From the suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh to the Communist MP Shapurji Saklatvala: explore the lives of notable...
Posthumous papers bequeathed to the honorable the East India company, and printed by order of the government...
Night of August 4th, abolition of feudality and fiscal privileges, by Léopold Morice / Wikimedia Commons The term...
Costumes of slaves or serfs, from the sixth to the twelfth centuries, collected by H. de Vielcastel...
The mythical origins of coffee, are steeped in legend and topped with a creamy dollop of speculation....
Caffinets as the one pictured by Thomas Allom and described by the Rev. Robert Walsh, (1772-1852) in...
An 18th-century trade card reveals a lot more than its owner might have intended. By Julia Nurse...
From hunting rare bugs to harvesting the world’s most expensive plant parts, conservator Cheryl Porter will try...
Exploring the role of Magna Carta in the politics and popular culture of modern America. From The Simpsons...
The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment...
An almost life-size terracotta Aztec Eagle Warrior, one of the elite warrior groups in the Aztec military. 13-15th century...
/ An Aztec ceremonial knife with a cedarwood handle and flint blade. The figure of the handle is covered...
Dr. David Ayoub, with his chin in his hand, after testifying on behalf of James Duncan during...
Books, music, artworks and memorials help ensure that victims of pandemics are remembered. But while the Black...
As Indians began to rebel against colonial rule, the British accused them of spreading cholera, little imagining...
A 19th century CE oil painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mt....
Why, in many representations, do we see Moses with horns? Lecture by Dr. Thomas Römer / 02.05.2009 Professor of Biblical...
A protester and counter-protester square off at a Trump rally / Reuters Political polls and years of...
Hand axes from the site of Saffaqah, Saudi Arabia. (Palaeodeserts/Ian R. Cartwright) Hominins made stone tools in central...
Archaeological excavation at Ain Boucherit, Algeria. Mathieu Duval, Author provided Ancient stone tools found in what is now Algeria show early humans likely spread across Africa more rapidly than...
A healthy-seeming cook gained unwelcome notoriety as Typhoid Mary, unwittingly spreading disease to co-workers and employers. Ultimately,...