When he died in 1921 the singer Enrico Caruso left behind him approximately 290 commercially released recordings,...
Year: 2020
It’s not just empty rhetoric or political theater: Domestic terrorism increases, in the U.S. and in other...
Civil wars in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman statesman and general, attempted to take control of...
The Romans and Parthians used internal dissent and succession problems within the Seleucid royal house to bring...
The history of cannabis is relatively long, as humans have used the plant for at least 12,000...
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Examining how representations of American life changed in art over the course of 70 years. Between the...
This week, nearly 225 years ago, the lofty ideals of the Constitution passed their first test. By...
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Examining the guilds and professional associations driving ancient commerce in Hellenistic Roman Macedon. Establishment of a New...
A few experimental archaeologists are reclaiming recipes from ancient societies. By Keridwen Cornelius Around 2000 B.C., a...
The first time that online gambling was made available to the public was when Liechtenstein’s International Lottery...
LBJ presided over a society in unrest while battling to have an impact on civil rights and...
Throughout his presidency, Kennedy continued to give the public a clear understanding of his priorities. The New...
Early Neanderthals likely benefited from an ingression of H. sapiens Y chromosomes some-time between 370,000 and 100,000...
Scientists discovered a living microbial mat that uses arsenic instead of oxygen for photosynthesis and respiration. Introduction...
It’s easy to see why the hemorrhage away from the churches has increased so markedly in recent...
Condemnation of satirists has often taken the form of censorship, public humiliation, imprisonment, and even death. Satire...
From ancient world to the crusades of the medieval period to today, people have sought ways to...
Memories of the past were an important guide to the future. This is in part why the...
When someone died in ancient Egypt the funeral was a public event which allowed the living to...
In the business world, branding has almost become a “buzzword” that gets tossed around inside board rooms....
A look at gambling and gaming since the colonial period. Colonial Gambling Games of chance came to...
The resulting texture of the metropolis has a diversity of buildings unlike any other. In 1942, at...
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By the time of the New Kingdom of Egypt the problem was so severe that Amenhotep I...
Ancient Egyptian culture began long before there was an Egyptian state. Introduction Ancient Egypt is known for...
Consuming propaganda can kill you. Consuming the wrong news can kill you. That’s the fundamental insight of...
He continued to expand the Harleian Library with thousands of manuscripts. One of the many gems of...