The uniqueness of Hijras lies not only in their existence beyond social structure but also in Indian...
Ancient
The Nicoleños, an Indigenous group that lived on San Nicolas Island, used a multistep process to fashion...
Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum) on the shore of the Lake...
The Greeks failed miserably to see the need for the development of a discipline, economic science, devoted...
Association with Alcibiades was later part of the charge brought against Socrates for corrupting the youth. Who...
Athens agora / Photo by Andreas Trepte, Wikimedia Commons Ethics was a function of being and, as...
Bacchanalia (cut), on a frieze / Photo by Roland zh, Wikimedia Commons Practices intimately tied to the...
The Seven Hathors, Temple of Hathor at Dendera / Creative Commons Ancient Egyptians set a premium on...
The Roman Forum / Photo by Bert Kaufmann, Wikimedia Commons The best intentions often end in the...
Roman villa in Gaul sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun, by Georges Rochegrosse, 1910 /...
Invasion of the Barbarians or The Huns approaching Rome by Ulpiano Checa, 1887 / Wikimedia Commons The Huns...
His Republic was purely allegorical, a thorough experiment on the meaning of justice. By Dr. Aeon Skoble...
Plato surrounded by students in his Academy in Athens. Mosaic (detail) from the Villa of T. Siminius...
Lucius Aemilius Paullus, acting as imperator, breaking ties of serfdom / Photo by Marco Prins, Louvre Museum,...
Darius, relief from the Central Relief of the Northern Stairs of the Apadana, Persepolis When Darius became...
Scene from the Song Dynasty Illustrations of the Classic of Filial Piety, depicting a son kneeling before...
The top of the Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi / Creative Commons Hammurabi ruled through provincial...
The village of Deir el-Medina in the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt. Anne Austin, Author provided Records...
A limestone relief depicting a nobleman, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX or XX, c. 1295-1070 BCE. The figure...
Photography of Lascaux animal painting / Wikimedia Commons One of the most complex human mysteries involves how...
Photo by Arizona State University Hunting and gathering activities were the primary way for humans to feed...
The Amphitheater of Catania / Photo by gnuckx, Wikimedia Commons The Eternal City was not only a...
As he led his troops into the mountains, Hannibal vowed: “You will have the capital of Italy,...
The Triumph of Civilization / Photo by Grizzli, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Wikimedia Commons The enormous contribution of ancient...
Cylinder Seal with Griffins, Humans and a Winged Disk / Walters Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons The religions...
Wide view of Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy / Photo by Peter Clarke, Wikimedia Commons The Circus Maximus...
Detail of a relief at Persepolis showing a procession of subject peoples bringing gifts characteristic of their...
If we take off the cloak of reason and instead clothe with that of madness, we may...
The Aristotelian Constitution of the Athenians / British Library (Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 131), Wikimedia Commons Solon’s new constitution...
Detail of sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III / The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Justice was an...