By Paul W. Lovinger George Washington presided as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia drew up...
History
These battles were part of long-lasting conflict between the Roman Empire and the Persians. Introduction The Roman–Parthian Wars (54...
Despite numerous defeats at the hands of the Romans, the death of Gallic independence came in this one, single,...
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...
This was the generation of suffragists who challenged society’s expectations of what it meant to be a...
During the early to mid-20th century, American textile workers of all categories were subjected to abysmal working...
“Census” is a Latin word. The modern notion of a state counting the population is a direct...
Scholars have reviewed the available skulls and skeletal evidence on the ancient Egyptians to draw some conclusions....
The history of gambling as a favourite pass-time runs back to the medieval ages. People from all...
Specie and paper notes were denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, their values varying from one colony...
He begged for a living and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the...
There are many scenarios where reburial is the best option for an excavated heritage site. Introduction When...
It has been called the most important discovery since tomb of Tutankhamun and a window into the...
History is an essential subject that enables us to plan for the future. Through its lens, we...
The Celts themselves had no concept that they were part of a wider European Iron Age culture....
Celtic art must be judged largely by examining only the art objects themselves and the contexts in...
Gnostics promoted concepts of radical dualism that govern the universe. Introduction Gnosticism is the belief that human beings...
Why the biblical reference in Revelation should be considered in its first-century context. By Dr. Eric M....
Buddhism, Shintoism, and Neo-Confucianism and how the Tokugawa state used these religions to their advantage. The Tokugawa...
Moundville is the second largest “mound builder” site preserved in the USA after Cahokia in Illinois. By...
It is thought that the Mississippian peoples built their mounds to focus spiritual power in a central...
Examining the contrasts and interplay of rural and urban medieval societies. By Dr. Maryanne KowaleskiJoseph Fitzpatrick S.J....
In the Early Middle Ages, most people in western Europe lived in scattered communities in the countryside...
Scholars have scoured the works of the great playwright for clues about his faith. A scholar of...
Although many modern people tend to see ‘magic’ and ‘religion’ as separate, magic was actually integral to...
This was an intellectual conversation starter—filled with meanings waiting to be decoded by an elite, art-literate audience....
In 1209, scholars taking refuge from hostile townsmen in Oxford migrated to Cambridge and settled there. Early...
The university arose around mutual aid societies (known as universitates scholarium) of foreign students called “nations” (as they were grouped...