Herod created architecture that implemented Roman technology, designs, and styles, while co-mingling them with his existing Hellenistic...
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The Jewish red heifer ash ritual may have originated in surrounding pagan cultures reflecting the transition from...
The state, in the United States and earlier in Britain, has been a formidable creator of orphans....
The history of race science is a history of racist science, as epitomized by this proposed but...
Exploring the world of poverty, high mortality, prejudice and charity that influenced the creation of Oliver Twist....
The Kingdom of Hungary was at times a major power in Central Europe. Introduction The Kingdom of Hungary (short...
Hungary’s traits are rooted in this a history of fluid borders, as well as the strong migratory...
A philosopher, writer, orator and statesman, Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) was Rome’s leading intellectual during...
Aspasia was a woman of formidable intelligence and eloquence who influenced many of the important writers, thinkers,...
The ships traveling the pathways of the Middle Passage—and beyond—were anything but silent spaces. “A Kind of...
The Arctic became a place beyond empirical grasp: the real/fantasy land of orality about which those living...
Acoustical science fundamentally transformed the ways that Victorians conceptualized the relations between aesthetics and the body. This...
This new attribution creates a benchmark for the late-medieval artist’s oeuvre, against which other works can now...
From bird songs to wind patterns, sound is a key but often underappreciated element of natural places....
The ancient pilgrimage center at Chavín provides the multifaceted material evidence needed for an archaeoacoustic case study....
The sound quality in ancient times was likely much better than it is today. By Brigit Katz It...
Something needed to be done to mask the taste of bootleg alcohol that could include ingredients ranging...
Ancient amphorae / Southampton University, Creative Commons It has been proposed that different drinking norms developed in northern...
London was already a major beer producer in the sixteenth century. London was already a major beer...
Alcohol played a central role in early modern life, occupying much of the time of both law...
Conservator William Shelley and preparator Rita Gomez of the Getty Museum oversee the sculpture’s safe arrival in...
Beer is the most consumed beverages in the world with a long history. What does the ancient...
In the space beyond Earth’s atmosphere, countries are focusing on nationalist pursuits and ignoring the consequences for...
It has been 10 years since Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the commercial space age. What hurdles must...
Is there hope humanity will once again push beyond Earth? By Ryan P. Smith Few moments in...
Spreading false and distorted information – called “dezinformatsiya” after the Russian word for “disinformation” – is an...
When you think of emblematic Soviet buildings, you don’t usually think of rabbits, but there they are....
In the 1880s and 90s, the age-old literary figure of the spy underwent a number of transformations...
The Panama Canal was a tremendous achievement by the U.S. and a display of their power and...
Walls began to rise around cities throughout Mesopotamia shortly after urbanization began. Introduction The English word ‘wall’...