Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions. Introduction The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central...
History
Lucretius was worried that our fear of death could lead to irrational beliefs and actions that could...
The skull of Oculudentavis provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be...
The taxon Dinosauria was formally named by the English palaeontologist Richard Owen in 1842. Introduction Dinosaurs are...
More successful than most third parties, it had two senators and fourteen representatives sent to the thirty-first...
The Varyags are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and...
The name “Byzantine Empire” is a modern term and would have been alien to its contemporaries. Introduction...
Examining press reviews and accounts of the Japanese Village in London from newspapers and periodicals in 1885....
Examining the writings of The Mikado producers and opera reviewers in 1885, showing that the British were...
Habeas corpus can constitutionally be suspended – the question is by whom, Congress or the President? By...
Americans in the deepest sense went to war in 1861 to resolve the nature of the Union...
Pausanius is best known for his ten-volume work, Description of Greece, detailing his travels through the country,...
In the dying days of empire, the British financed a global cinema service. Introduction It’s 1945. A...
Empire was a consistent theme in these hundreds of pamphlets. In the Great War, the British government...
Three types of historical writing flourished in the Middle Ages: chronicles, hagiography, and the rhetorical monograph. By...
While we don’t get to decide when we get shipwrecked, we do get to decide what we...
Thousands of women took different paths and pursued multiple strategies to win the goal of securing the...
“The whole idea to wipe us off the face of the Earth didn’t work.” One thousand years...
Women who chose a life in the arena – and it does seem this was a choice...
The Hoysala era emerged as an important period in the development of art, architecture, and religion in...
Evora’s history dates back over five millennia. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction The sunbaked plain of the Alentejoregion...
Art reveals many aspects of the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Introduction Ancient Israelite art traditions are evident...
The popular religion of that period, if not the official creed of Jerusalem, viewed God as containing...
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared an axis between Berlin and Rome, coining a term that would be...
A significant portion of the wall still exists, particularly the mid-section, and for much of its length...
Many Ancient Greek fortifications connected a city to another site – a citadel or a port. The...
The Earth has been through many changes during its existence. Introduction Modern geologists and geophysicists consider the...
A history of cartographers toying with the relationship between touch and sight. Originally published by the Harvard...
Isaac Gilsemans, A view of the Murderers’ Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom (1642) The...
Cambridge University Digital History Seminar graphic A survey indicates the answer is yes. By Dr. Robert B. Townsend...