The Temple of Isis at Philae, with pylonsand an enclosed court on the left and the inner building at right /...
History
Many questions linger regarding the process and motivations of Lincoln’s burial in Springfield. By Dr. Jeremy PrichardHistorian,...
The Federalists won, but when the dust settled, Anti-Federalists could claim to have made their point. To...
It’s worth considering the astonishing contrast between 21st-century presidential elections and those contemplated by the 18th-century authors...
The Romans knew that a powerful naval fleet could supply troops and equipment where they were most...
The Wielbark culture was named after a village where a burial place with over 3,000 tombs. Introduction...
Even before the 1952 and 1953 outbreaks, labs had been worked diligently to find a cure for...
Jewish life did not solely consist of worrying about one’s day-to-day survival. Summary Jewish culture reflects the...
The story of King Solomon begins with his father, King David, and his mother, Bathsheba. Introduction According...
Allegedly around 1000 BCE, David was the eighth son (and youngest) of Jesse, from the tribe of...
Jewish would-be artists began arriving in Paris in the decade before the First World War. Jews were...
It was an era and a culture that was both misogynist and racist, in which Jews from...
Goryeo (Koryo) ruled ancient Korea from 918 CE to 1392 CE. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Goryeo (Koryo)...
How two female courtiers vied for influence over Queen Anne. One of the challengers at this year’s...
King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in the Levant by the time of...
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, urban settlements in Italy generally enjoyed a greater continuity...
Communes are first recorded in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. Introduction Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had...
Due to its agricultural nature, her cult had tremendous appeal to the average Roman citizen, more so...
Sylvia Pankhurst’s book is the dominant narrative of the time, but was she unfair to her sister...
It was the single largest extension of voting rights in our nation’s history. The woman suffrage movement...
The Electoral College may not have been expressly designed only to protect African slavery, but based on...
In the 1820s, political leaders and parties rose to popularity by championing the will of the people....
The 1787 debate over how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative...
Analyzing the role that Progressive Era writers played in restoring the image of the small business owner....
Serfs increased their political power by acting collectively in village communities which began to hold their own...
Saint Matthew, folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), from Aachen, Germany, c. 800-810, ink...
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423, tempera on panel, 283 x 300 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi,...
The Lyceum had been used for philosophical debate long before Aristotle and stood long after. Introduction The Lyceum (Ancient...
Vance Packard’s ‘Hidden Persuaders’ was an exposé of the new techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s...
In the 1920s, doctors who believed labour-saving devices in the home were creating a ‘vacuum’ in housewives’...