How long will our planet last? Is it really a matter of twelve more years for earthlings?...
Year: 2019
The first representative assembly in English America convened in Jamestown’s church July 30, 1619. By Ed Crews...
During the Roman Republic the citizens would elect almost all officeholders annually. Introduction Elections in the Roman...
The GOP thinks its Ukraine fantasies are one more rung up the fool’s gold ladder of chaos....
These women were mythologized as the “mad women” who were nurses of Dionysus in Nysa. Introduction In...
Drinking was central to Greek culture, from the drinking party’s poetry to the festivals of Dionysus, the...
At the very least, in order for spoken language to be a possibility, a species has to...
Was there something about the Neanderthals’ cognitive capacity that didn’t measure up? By Dr. Anna GoldfieldArchaeologist One...
Erdogan’s sponsorship of terrorism has reached deep into Africa. By Raymond Ibrahim Concerning Turkey’s increasingly suspect role...
The percentage of Christians in Turkey declined from nearly 25% in 1914 to less than 0.5% today....
The event is also said to be the second-most studied case of genocide, and often draws comparison...
Zvartnots Cathedral was constructed at a time of much chaos in Near East. Introduction The ruins of...
Tiwanaku was founded some time in the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE – 600 CE). By Mark...
Lake Titicaca was long considered the origin and centre of the cosmos by the local populace and...
The city’s history continues to make it a central location in human affairs. Introduction Jerusalem is an...
Herod was a client king of Rome, but his route to the throne was not a straightforward...
50 years ago there was no expectation of where the achievement would lead, and the real impact...
As the country grew, each census required greater effort than the last. That problem led to the...
History provides lessons on how to pit popular culture against Internet hate speech and racist propaganda. By...
Their shaky alliance would steadily deteriorate, each of them waging a war of pernicious propaganda. By Jesse...
The came about, at least in part, due to the dynamics in the relationship between three forceful...
Understanding their population has helped us to understand what it is to be human. By Anna GoldfieldArchaeologist...
Paleoanthropologist Carol Ward explains how walking upright marked a milestone in hominin history. By Dr. Tom GarlinghouseArchaeologist/Anthropologist...
Education has been around for several centuries. Since the dawn of mankind, education has evolved and developed...
Montgomery, Alabama, seeks to make criminals of the less fortunate. By Bradley Bennett Jonathan sleeps under a...
Robert Lee was the nation’s most notable traitor since Benedict Arnold. There’s a fabled moment from the...
Reconstruction-era governments did make genuine gains in rebuilding Southern states devastated by the war. By Tina Ulrich,...
While the Southern army dwindled, the Union simply mustered new armies and tried again. By Tina Ulrich,...
By the end of the thirteenth century the social context for the abandonment of infants and children...
Two different perceptions of the sin of overeating in the Middle Ages. Gluttony—overindulging in food or drink—was...