Why, in many representations, do we see Moses with horns? Lecture by Dr. Thomas Römer / 02.05.2009 Professor of Biblical...
Year: 2018
Are there invisible forces at work in the world? Grzegorz Zdziarski/Shutterstock.com Why do people believe absurd lies about...
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,...
A huge expansion of the population of New Orleans created the perfect environment for the spread of...
Creative Commons Welcoming tribes to conquering settlers. By Josh Stewart / 04.17.2017 Genocide is the systematic destruction of...
The last emperor, Sapa Inka Atahualpa / Wikimedia Commons The Sapa Inka (emperor) governed Tahuantinsuyu both efficiently and profitably. What’s...
Charlemagne, portrait by Albrecht Dürer / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Wikimedia Commons His was the first truly imperial power in...
Front of a Frankish casket / Photo by John w. Schulze, Wikimedia Commons Their expansion continued until...
By Tom van der Molen PhD Candidate in Art History Radboud University Nijmegen “Ik kan het niet...
Castillo de Zafra / Photo by Borjaanimal, Wikimedia Commons Medieval men and women were caught up in...
The archaeological evidence is clear, but the mechanisms of diffusion are still not entirely understood. By Dr....
A Phoenician-Punic ship from a relief carving on a 2nd century CE sarcophagus / Photo by NMB, Wikimedia...
Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq / Photo by M.Lubinski, Flickr, Creative Commons Ur was an established...
A map illustrating the various political states within the Fertile Crescent c. 1450 BCE / Image by Свифт/Svift, Wikimedia Commons...
Tampa police detective Kenneth Nightlinger, seated right, questions Atomwaffen member Devon Arthurs in May 2017. (Frontline) Some experts...
Executions of Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivangorod, Ukraine / Wikimedia Commons The Holocaust...
In August 1939 Joseph Stalin made a mistake, one that deeply affected not only the Soviet Union...
Charming family scenes in Victorian adverts for children’s medicines were in stark contrast to some of the...
Many common remedies, as well as the more exotic experimental drugs, were taken throughout the 19th century,...
Photo from USDA NRCS Texas, Flickr, Creative Commons An evolving concept called “sustainable intensification” aims to bridge the...
This painting by Roberto Bompiani captures a common 19th-century association of Roman dining and excess. A Roman Feast,...
Despite its economic crises, Greece did not falter in its mission to support arts and culture. Rhodes,...
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or...
Electrified humans brought education and performance together with a spark in the 18th century. By Ruth Garde / 04.12.2017...
The Kingdom of Guatemala within the wider Spanish Americas, c.1600 (click image to enlarge) / Image by...
Mayan architecture, Tikal, Guatemala Maya civilization developed in a territory the size of Germany and Denmark together....
Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), lugal (prince) of Lagash. The inscription reads: “He [Uruinimgina] dug...