The return of an important monument to Mexico spotlights a culture whose influence is still felt in...
History
The prehistoric and early ethno-linguistic peoples of Venezuela stand as witnesses to the region’s role as both...
Colonial Venezuela was a paradox. It appeared marginal, yet it mattered. Its society was hierarchical, yet constantly...
Venezuela continues to reimagine itself, to fight over its identity, to seek renewal even in collapse. Its...
Twenty Nazi physicians and three administrators were tried for committing horrible acts. By Dr. George J. AnnasDirector...
Why would refined noblemen want to sit next to common people who had lice, open wounds, skin...
When Fleming looked upon his Petri dish in 1928 and saw the death of bacteria near a...
Attempts to weaponize plague in the medieval world reveal both tactical desperation and cultural anxiety. They demonstrate...
How protection of citizens from health threats came to be a public responsibility and the public health...
Her request to cross the British strongholds became a matter of international diplomacy. By Michael Quentin MorganWriter...
Similar to other Hellenistic artworks, the Nike is extraordinarily dramatic in composition and style. Introduction Standing at...
Communities around the globe invested immense effort into creating stone monuments that mediated between life and death,...
Underwater exploration in the medieval and early modern periods was never a single trajectory of progress. It...
The dream of spaceflight, cultivated in imagination, theory, and experiment, gave rise to the technology that made...
Sugar plantations are a phenomenon tied to European colonization of the Americas. Introduction A sugar plantation dominates...
The crucial importance of product innovation, demand and fashion for technical innovation in the British cotton industry....
To look backward is to be reminded that manufacturing decline is not only about numbers or jobs;...
The history of work is not only a chronicle of innovation and achievement. It is also a...
Industrial health received special scientific and public attention in the Progressive period and was the subject of...
He accidentally underwent the first acid trip in human history. By Eli WizevichHistory CorrespondentSmithsonian Magazine When chemist Albert...
Perhaps it’s best that this man quit smoking. This article, Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie’s My Lady...
Americans declared war and Britian took first action. By Harrison W. MarkWriter and HistorianWorld History Encyclopedia Introduction...
Athens began as a small community of the Mycenaean Civilization (c. 1700-1100 BCE) and grew into a...
In the Völsunga saga, the cursed ring of Andvari brings the doom of the hero Sigurd from...
There were many different Giants, some having more prominent roles in mythology than others. Introduction In Greek mythology,...
The evangelical emphasis on biblical authority and personal conversion created a volatile mixture. It could be invoked...
Its power lies in its ability to sacralize the deepest desires of human life (health, wealth, and...
Payments are all about seeking simpler methods of trading. It began with basic bartering and, gradually, with...
Far earlier than today’s ports and global supply chains, the seas around Thailand were a complex network...
The Girondins, gifted orators, were soon to be known as Brissotins, after their leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot. Introduction...