Why the Kid’s enduring popularity? More than 1,000 books and essays have been published about Billy the...
Year: 2019
The contribution of popular but historically inaccurate films—and literature—to the evolution of a misguided patriotism that fails...
I thought it was normal to “debate” the right to marry or hold a job. Now I...
A new study of nearly 500,000 individuals finds that many genes affect same-sex behavior, including newly identified...
For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual. By Ruth Garde / 04.06.2017 Curator,...
Today’s beds are thought of as bastions of privacy. But not long ago, they were the perches...
The ancients were just as keen as anyone to improve their appearance as quickly and as easily...
We can see how the world once was and glimpse now lost landscapes, flora and fauna. By...
Political disclosure laws, how donors get around them – and what to do about it. With the...
During the Industrial Revolution, living conditions for new industrial workers were much different than they had been...
Throughout the Industrial Revolution, gender was a major influence on worker salary. Experience of Women at the...
The significance of the imperial heritage for the Russian–Ukrainian relationship. Abstract The legacy of the tsarist Empire...
Bayan I first enters history with the migration of the Avars to the region of the Pontic...
Considered virtually impregnable, it was the largest Crusader castle in the Middle East. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
Seleucus was arguably the most successful of Alexander’s successors with the creation of a multi-national empire. Introduction...
He was refined, very famous, and eccentric. Near the dawn of the twentieth century, a young Englishwoman...
Williams’s captivity narrative reinforces what we already know about religious life in colonial North America: mutual distrust...
Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508-12, fresco (Vatican, Rome) Michelangelo began to work on the frescoes...
The Irish monks combined the letters of the Roman alphabet with their own Ogham script. Introduction The Book...
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Athenian prominence in the story of Classical Greece is no accident. Introduction As mentioned in the previous...
The religious practices of the Greeks extended beyond mainland Greece. Introduction Ancient Greek religion encompasses the collection...
With the U.S. national debt already exceeding $16 trillion, tax reform championed by President Trump and increased...
Working children were subject to very long work hours under harsh and dangerous conditions. Introduction The children...
The working environment was harsh and laborers had to work long hours for extremely low wages. Introduction...
The most remarkable accomplishment of this era lies, undoubtedly, in the field of architecture. By Dhruba RC...
Elephants were thought of as fierce and frightful monsters in antiquity, very real though rarely seen until...
Roman history held that seven kings of Rome reigned from the establishment of the city in 753...
The Early Dynastic Period is prehistoric, and it is difficult to determine who ruled when and what...
An obsession with statistics has made teams better than ever — but the game is now more...
New franchises, colorful characters, and the ‘Miracle Mets’ gave new life to a sport grown stodgy. When...