Both the Egyptian and Inca cultures treated their deceased differently based on social hierarchy within the culture....
Month: September 2019
Designed at human scale, Chinese gardens are meant to be comfortable, intriguing, and pleasing at every turn....
Genghis Khan built the foundations of an empire which would ultimately control one-fifth of the globe. By...
By Saurav Ranjan Datta Introduction The Rashtrakuta Dynasty ruled parts of South India from the 8th to the 10th century CE....
Looking at the sum of knowledge when Alexander began his conquests from Macedon, the tiny kingdom in...
Mr. Trump’s ‘America First’ approach has emboldened others backed by Russia and China. Brinkmanship may be his...
It would be a grievous mistake to assume that when a new Turkish leadership emerges, that it...
Caria was ruled by satraps who were subject to Cyrus the Great. Introduction Located at the crossroads...
Piracy was engaged in by governments and was often considered a legitimate act of war. Introduction Piracy,...
Exploring visual elements that deepens our comprehension of another world across the footlights and under the proscenium....
Celebrities of song, stage, and screen were transformed into popular icons of American culture. Introduction During the...
Kean’s acting style reframed the relation between the British theatrical tradition, the actor’s stage performance, and audience...
In the nineteenth century, enterprising toy makers developed a novel way to bring theater into the home....
In reading Plato as Plato-the-Philosopher, one misses the nuances of Plato-the-Artist. Introduction The Dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato (l. 428/427-348-347 BCE) have...
The Peloponnesian war had been dragging on for 25 years, and the military situation was getting progressively...
How the struggle over blue laws changed American politics. Bergen County, New Jersey, is one of America’s...
Sartre loved the imaginative playfulness that alcohol facilitated. Existentialism has a reputation for being angst-ridden and gloomy...
The U.S. Constitution – that founded our nation – is a secular document. Is America a Christian...
Seventy-seven years ago, a telegram bearing a horrifying and unforgettable message reached America’s foremost Jewish leader. It...
Looking at ancient Israeli construction and architecture, writing, industrial tools, and weapons of war. Introduction Technology enabled...
We have all the technologies needed to make the electric grid run on renewables and lower pollution....
To meet that temperature target, global greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by 40% to 50%...
Wealthy patrons, like kings and emperors, often commissioned prominent artists and architects to design their gardens. Introduction...
This garden is so vast and rich as to enclose within it many forms of pleasure not...
Neither the course nor the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War was foreseeable at its outset. Of the...
Examples of curse-fine epitaphs range all over the ancient world. Introduction The concept of a curse laid...
Riis as a writer, photographer, lecturer, advocate, and ally for reform to address the poverty many ignored....
Social class was prevalent and largely property-based in the colonies. The Colonial Elite Overview In New England...
The tale begins after Ra had created the world and was king of the gods and humanity....
One lived on in the presence of the gods, doing as one had done on earth, with...