Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the...
History
Arguments made by eighteenth-century writers about the slave trade and contributions to those debates by freed slave...
Inscriptions ranging from the first Persian king, Cyrus, through Artaxerxes reveal elements in common in both Babylonian...
The Assyrian king was the main promoter of big feasts and special events, during which he played...
How the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment is being remembered and how, for decades, it was not....
James Graham, founder of the Temple of Health, benefitted from his undeniable flair for showmanship and his...
The fortifications were the largest and strongest ever built in either the ancient or medieval worlds. By...
The Varangians were probably as shocking a sight to Byzantine enemies as tanks would have been to...
Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity.[1] Agricultural...
Photographs documenting pivotal events in the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Overview This exhibition...
The Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca does not easily let visitors forget its history or its owner....
Exploring how China’s economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history. Originally published...
How siblings torn between two sides of the Pacific forged identities in the aftermath of war. I...
These ancient manuscripts cover every aspect of human endeavor. Introduction Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded...
Glass beads, more than any other type of artifact, help us make sense of the last 600...
The period of the Reformation (roughly 1500-1700) witnessed an unprecedented wave of changes in religion, thought, society,...
The early years of printing in Western Europe was a time of astonishing productivity. Originally published by...
What did medieval Christians believe about women’s nature and social roles? How did they express these beliefs...
Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Christianity has heard the term ‘Church Fathers’ but far less...
How were spices used by medieval Europeans, and why were spices so valuable in medieval Europe? Originally...
The Black Death struck in 1348, 1362, 1368, 1381, and continued even into the 18th century. 1348...
The history of surgery is a fascinating collection of knowledge from various civilizations dating back up to...
In Europe between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, fireworks displays were performances that told a story or...
Half a continent west of the 13 colonies, the Lakota Sioux were founding a nation of their...
Widely held beliefs in eugenic “science” and pervasive fear of foreigners led the US Congress to pass...
Exploring the subject of immigration in U.S. history with particular attention to the two and a half...
More than seventy British men and women were convicted – mostly in secret trials – of working...
A law designed to repair flaws in the fabric of American justice also created new ones. At...
When ABC brought William F. Buckley, Jr., and Gore Vidal together, the media became more interested in...
His ideas altered the education of children worldwide. “I believe that education is the fundamental method of...