Dr. Conis’s current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science. Elena...
History
If you had to be ill in ancient times, the best place to do so would probably...
How artist Sandy Rodriguez uses a 16th-century manuscript as contemporary inspiration. Artist Sandy Rodriguez finds her colors...
Heraldry was an art born out of necessity and developed out of symbolic thought. Presentation by The...
The purplish-blue pigment, derived from a Portuguese fruit, fell out of use by the 19th century. By...
When the villa was excavated, sixty-eight sections of wall paintings were removed before the remains of the...
The Portuguese were keen for a base even closer to the lucrative trade markets in the southern...
It is likely that Cape Verde was known to ancient mariners such as the Phoenicians, and to...
Not all the islands were settled at once but, over a period of the next 60 years...
The Portuguese Crown partitioned the islands and gave out ‘captaincies’ (donatarias) as part of the system of...
Thousands of nomadic Native Americans travelled and lived along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers between 6000 and...
The practice continued up through 1900, dramatically impacting Native American cultures, languages, and development. Introduction Slavery was...
“As these people would view the heavens … there was an order of things up there.“ Curated/Reviewed...
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Native Americans lived as autonomous nations (also known as tribes)....
In the time span of human history, automobiles have not been around for a very long time....
The story of this “Liberty Bond Fish” and the wider use of animals in propaganda during Word...
The largest libraries in the world that store 15 million or more items. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A....
Conservative critics and writers were appalled and accused Géricault of creating a disgusting, repulsive mistake. By Dr....
The Council was a synod of the Catholic Church that started to meet in 1545 after repeated...
Since ancient times, gold has been appraised for its beauty, a metal with unique chemical and physical...
How Hollywood tells ancient stories. Introduction Stories from Greek mythology are always fascinating. These timeless epic tales...
Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante. Curated/Reviewed...
Archaeological findings provide a principal source of detail about Greek mythology. Video Presentation Hosted by Joe Fielderman...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Atalanta is a figure from Greek mythology famed as a huntress, wrestler, and runner. The...
Kagan’s best known work is his monumental four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A....
The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the world’s most famous poems but very little is...
Inside the Sunset Boulevard building that busted racial barriers. As you listen to Ella Fitzgerald sing “Take...
“Happiness . . . will not tremble, however much it is tortured.” By Dr. Darrin M. McMahonMary...
Examining eudaimonia in ancient philosophical thought, conventionally translated as “happiness”. By Dr. Juha SihvolaLate Professor of Ancient...
Throughout the centuries, a number of coal miners have documented their lives with paintings. Some of their...