Being armed with facts isn’t always enough – bureaucracy and red tape often stand in the way....
Year: 2019
Art historian Renée Ater reflects on how pain and reconciliation coexist at the Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery...
The shifting status of cultural symbols reveals a lot about who we are and what we value....
If ever a library had a single founder, Thomas Jefferson is the founder of the Library of...
Cicero’s life was marked by a tension between the life of a politician and that of a...
Why do these people like him? Why does he act so badly? There is nothing new in...
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
Political and moral views are framed in terms of a fight between patriot and traitor, law and...
Through a voluntary land tax and donations from land owners, this organization is working to create an...
A folklorist is working to preserve the history of a unique, urban community of the Lumbee. A...
While the social category of ‘persons’ is found in multiple cultural contexts, who or what is recognized...
The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a “monster,” and the surviving sources are universal in...
Forty-five years of unopposed rule seems an unlikely feat for any ruler in Roman history. By Edelia...
A shrine to a “wise woman” fulfilling an oraculor role. By Philippe BohstromArchaeologist The town of Abel Beth...
Examining cult and religion in Philistia during the Iron Age. By Dr. David Ben-ShlomoProfessor of ArchaeologyAriel University...
A local legend in Yemen states that Aden may be as old as human history itself. Introduction...
The Tanks were mentioned in some manuscripts after the coming of Islam to Yemen in the 7th...
His first visit to Rome was around 163 CE during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius...
The area of North Africa which has been known as Libya since 1911 was under Roman domination...
Remaining examples include religious, mathematical, musical and astronomical texts. Key Points The principal languages of ancient Mesopotamia...
Both time and writing, and many other aspects of our daily lives, were invented by the Sumerians...
The ideological and religious right have been phenomenally successful in laying claim to the myths and symbols...
America has not yet emerged from conflicts over what it means to be a “true American.” Consequently,...
The Spanish Civil War was seen as very much of a piece with the war against Hitler...
Where does the ‘religion’ end and the ‘populism’ begin? Ben Ryan speaks of the use of Christianity...
The only way to stop them is to call them out at every turn. By Darrell Lucus...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
A good first step would be for everyone to hold a vision of universal human values. By...
The land remains and still presents the international community with one of its most challenging conflicts. The entire...