Examining various types of authority which spanned across centuries and covered all facets of Roman life. By...
History
The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt is considered a “golden age”. Introduction The Faiyum (also given as...
In the manuscript, each of Khufu’s sons speaks in turn, telling their own tale for their father’s...
Some populations of Neanderthals were definitely more carnivorous than others. By Dr. Anna GoldfieldArchaeologist One of the...
Latson’s claim that he could not admit the Holocaust is a historical fact is not only unacceptable,...
Most histories highlight the shattered storefronts and synagogues set aflame. But it was the systematic ransacking of...
The category of ‘persons who have changed their sex’ in the wonder books cannot be exactly matched...
People have long made their skin into canvases that convey rich personal, spiritual, or ritual meanings in...
As the new millennium began, greed, ignorance, and misplaced hopes within the tech world nearly destroyed the...
The inventions themselves were not an immediately profitable investment throughout many parts of Europe during the 18th...
Gerrymandering, the politicians’ practice of drawing district lines to favor their party and expand their power, is...
Examining the two-hundred-year-old creation of Founding Father Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. By Harlow Giles Unger As Americans...
Their name has since come to be associated with their chief modus operandi, the act of murder...
Masada is famous for the last stand of the Zealots (and Sicarii) in the Jewish Revolt against...
Examining the controversy between Milton and Salmasius, with a comparative analysis of the two trials (1649 and...
This kind of arrangement, know as a more danico union, a Danish-style union, was common among people...
The good metal preservation probably results from the moderately alkaline pH, a very small particle size of...
Horses were not used for transport, ploughing, warfare or any other practical human activity until quite late...
The apogee of one’s training was to comprehend the laws and to be a vital member of...
For the ancient Greeks, music was viewed as quite literally a gift from the gods. By Mark...
Following the Red Scare of 1919, widespread fear of radicalism fueled anti-foreign sentiment and exclusionist demands. Introduction...
Lisbon was the capital of the Portuguese Empire, a nation of explorers, seafarers and conquerors. By Wanda...
The cataclysmic eruption of Thera split the island of Santorini into three smaller ones. By Jenna Frawley...
The three Storegga Slides of 6225-6170 BCE are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. Introduction...
The first internet communication was underwhelming, thanks to a computer crash. But a lot has happened since...
The internet may have been “born” in October 1969, but it then percolated for years as complex,...
Andrew Jackson and his supporters felt that the 1824 Presidential election had been stolen from him, which...
The bones show interbreeding Neanderthal and Denosivan humans. This article reprinted from RFE/RL. A piece of bone...
Primitive women were more likely than their male counterparts to pack up and leave the cave. Primitive...
Both North and South looked to God for meaning, and each side believed—with equal fervor and certitude—that...