Inscriptions ranging from the first Persian king, Cyrus, through Artaxerxes reveal elements in common in both Babylonian...
Month: July 2019
The Assyrian king was the main promoter of big feasts and special events, during which he played...
How the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment is being remembered and how, for decades, it was not....
Nasty wenches, deputy husbands, and other female survivors of Early America. “Nir nir nir,” that is,“me me...
Members can walk straight into a Capitol Hill clinic, get treated without insurance, and count on taxpayers...
A hundred years ago, Charles Hatfield cashed in on America’s weakness for quick fixes – even if...
James Graham, founder of the Temple of Health, benefitted from his undeniable flair for showmanship and his...
The fortifications were the largest and strongest ever built in either the ancient or medieval worlds. By...
The Varangians were probably as shocking a sight to Byzantine enemies as tanks would have been to...
In 1915, new creature comforts created by technology merged with the back-to-nature movement. On August 21, 1915,...
As the automobile industry took off, drivers discovered the romance and freedom of long-distance travel. Tens of...
Communities like mine, in small-town Michigan, are told to blame immigrants when unchecked capitalism hurts us. We...
Portraits, landscape paintings, drawings, and historical maps flesh out the cultural history. By Jennifer Smart A rare,...
Without doubt, this process fostered the vascularization of science in receiving countries. By Dr. Francisco Javier Dosil...
Amino acid is the building block of life and researchers are aiming to use them as the...
As climate change alters temperature and rainfall patterns, yields of some crops are increasing while others decline....
The great majority of the people ruled by Rome were engaged in agriculture. Introduction Roman Agriculture describes the...
Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity.[1] Agricultural...
Capra’s films are known for being upbeat and sometimes cheesy, but beneath the surface are rather dark...
Culling impressions of the twentieth century from a vivid but imperfect source. In 1921, New Yorker Rosie...
The recent spate of anti-abortion legislation is rooted in White extinction anxiety and carries on a long...
Photographs documenting pivotal events in the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Overview This exhibition...
We need a historical understanding of how lynching discourse continues to shape America’s enduring “dialogue on race.”...
The Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca does not easily let visitors forget its history or its owner....
The European Middle Ages were a time of tremendous creativity and innovation, setting the stage for what...
Exploring how China’s economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history. Originally published...
The publishing history of No-No Boy shows how writers shifted the narrative about internment and draft resistance....
Born in Seattle in 1920, Harry Fukuhara was fully bicultural, bilingual, and binational. When I first met...
How siblings torn between two sides of the Pacific forged identities in the aftermath of war. I...
These ancient manuscripts cover every aspect of human endeavor. Introduction Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded...