Here are seven great literary cafes from around the globe. By Nicholas Parker Introduction Writers and coffee go...
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Making ales using only medieval techniques and equipment. By Dr. Paul W. PlacewayAlumnus, Language Technologies InstituteCarnegie Mellon...
Espresso in a Houston namesake of the ancient Greek marketplace. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Nestled...
The agora was a political and a commercial space in Athens and other ancient Greek city-states. Introduction...
For certain people, addictive substances are the pillar of society – not only now, in the modern...
Neck pain is one fast way to develop sleeping disorders. Having a sound and quality sleep while...
When the inaugural commercial dating sites were launched in the mid-1990s, they were embraced by singles who...
True content-area literacy in history requires students learn reading and writing strategies specific to history. Introduction “Do we just...
Three stories that show how women have created throughout history. By Lyra Kilston, Judith Barr, Elizabeth Morrison,...
An overview of the class structure of society, local government, guilds, pageantry, and punishment in a medieval...
Pressures to elevate the artistic profession began in earnest in the midst of the rising Renaissance era....
Issues of urgent interest for a society living in an era of unprecedented change to the tools...
The rise, fall, and rediscovery of cuneiform. By Shelby BrownClassical archaeologist and classicistEducation Specialist for Academic and Adult...
Moving to a new apartment can be very exciting. You get to choose the perfect living space...
The recent episode of CoinGeek Conversations hosted by Charles Miller explores how micropayments on blockchain can help...
A guy, a horse named Dan, and a cuppa joe. Ed Terry Ed writes on his video...
Aristotle divides friendships into three types, based on the motive for forming them: friendships of utility, friendships...
President Barack Obama and Jerry Seinfeld take a drive around the White House grounds in a 1963...
The Alexandrine grammarians seem to have been the first to divide Greek comedy into what became the...
Hear this history professor explain how history is not as ancient as it feels, and why it...
A scholar of Greek literature writes why we need to turn to the past to understand the...
By Paul W. Lovinger George Washington presided as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia drew up...
Only in the United States does a war end and a war budget go up. By Tom...
These battles were part of long-lasting conflict between the Roman Empire and the Persians. Introduction The Roman–Parthian Wars (54...
Victory at Alesia had come for Caesar but at a terrible cost. Introduction The Battle of Alesia was a...
While Israel has legitimate security concerns, those concerns do not justify many of its actions. In what...
105 Palestinians were injured, twenty-two requiring hospitalization. By Ariel GoldNational Co-directorCODEPINK After neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, North...
The inscription hence records the construction of the tunnel in ancient Jerusalem. Introduction The Siloam inscription or Shiloah inscripti, known...
Outside of pre-Maccabean Israelite religious literature, evidence for the name and the origins of the Philistines is...
Everybody is busy living the current and planning for the future. We can only know the direction...