Neither the course nor the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War was foreseeable at its outset. Of the...
Month: September 2019
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 first sign of growing military coordination between Moscow and Tehran took place in 2016. While the...
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...
A nationwide move is both hectic and adventurous. Moving itself is enough to make you stressful and...
If truly wicked ideas permeate our country, the best way to quell their pernicious influence is to...
New York’s Union Square is an important site in American labor history. One scholar’s research illustrates the...
From public notes and broadsides to catchpennies and printed songs, examining the variety of street literature which...
The history of the Society of Jesus’ first missions is a story of great journeys. Abstract During...
These works represent an artistic encounter between East and West. A Controversial Auction In 2009, two eighteenth-century...
The artist uses her craft to represent and raise awareness of Asian-American history and identity. Jasmine Cho...
They were all about family and work. “And so you know the difficulty in becoming an American....
Some climate scientists have spoken out about the dangers of climate change. But a new study shows...
The Whitney hall was once one of the crown jewels of the museum, alongside the halls of...
Clues from texts, objects, and science shed light on one of the greatest natural disasters in world...
Draconian, old-fashioned, and out-of-date, religious influence on American life continues to decline. By Mark Silk For taking...
U.S. adults generally can answer basic questions about the Bible and Christianity, but are less familiar with...
They were considered the youthful bestowers of beauty in all its forms. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Graces (alsoCharites, sing. Charis)...
What the epigraphic and archaeological evidence have shown. For centuries, worshippers of Artemis flocked to the ancient...
Young, poor, single and a mother of two: This is the profile of most women in the...
If you go by editorial cartoons and T-shirts, you might have the impression that evolution proceeds as...
Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table and essential for life on Earth. It may...
Despite tea being the signature drink of England, it is, in fact, the strong taste of coffee...
The changing significance of sacred groves (utaki) from medieval to contemporary Okinawa. Abstract This article discusses the...
Tea drinking in Japan became nothing less than an art form. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Japanese...
Parthia controlled territories that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the...
Once a bustling metropolis, this long-lost Egyptian city flooded, sank, and was forgotten — until archeologists rediscovered...