Issues of urgent interest for a society living in an era of unprecedented change to the tools...
History
History connects people and societies across time, revealing how past choices continue to shape the present. Read accounts and interpretations drawn from cultures around the world.
The rise, fall, and rediscovery of cuneiform. By Shelby BrownClassical archaeologist and classicistEducation Specialist for Academic and Adult...
In Greek thought, philia joined affection, mutual care, and civic life, while Aristotle distinguished friendships of utility,...
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...
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...
With no surviving imperial census, scholars use fragmentary records and demographic models to reconstruct the population and...
Scholars have reviewed the available skulls and skeletal evidence on the ancient Egyptians to draw some conclusions....
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...