New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
History
The issue of inter-state relations illustrates the political relevance of changing concepts of borders in early modern...
As Islamic activists assumed power across the Arab and Muslim world, they drifted toward autocracy and repression....
Hosay procession in St. James / Photo by Nicholas Laughlin, Creative Commons Hosay, a religious ritual performed by...
Analyzing an eighteenth-century automaton from South Asia in the image of a tiger mauling a British soldier....
Rugendas up the challenging mission of drawing and conveying the New World to Europe. A significant weakness...
For indigenous peoples, winter solstice has been a time to honor their ancient sun deity. Their rituals...
Hal Lindsey and C. C. Carlson’s The Late Great Planet Earth introduced millions of readers worldwide to end-times prophecy....
‘Thought-Forms, a strange, beguiling, frequently pretentious, utterly original book first published in 1901, emerged from a ferment...
The Boston Tea Party, a foundational moment of political rebellion, was a protest against tea, and tea...
Promotion for safe sex by the Connecticut Department of Health Services / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons Condoms...
In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music...
During the seismic religious changes of the 16th and 17th centuries, atrocities were committed and martyrs were...
Keith C. Heidorn takes a look at the life and work of Wilson Bentley, a self-educated farmer...
Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over....
Animals have always been central to human culture, as cave paintings around the world attest. In more...
Books had the practical aim of helping children to learn to read, count, and understand the world...
Examining the role of animals in Thai manuscript art. Illustrations of real and mythical animals play an...
Animals are history-shaping actors in many fields of historical research. Introduction Animals have become an important topic...
War animals have been with us for a very long time. There’s a good chance you’ve come...
Buddhist Man Meditating / Photo by Jakub Michankow, Wikimedia Commons ‘Mindfulness’ has become a household word, standing for inner...
Examining the death, and the life, of Florence Nightingale, the great nursing heroine of the Crimean War....
The Seattle General Strike had its origins in the city’s many shipyards. It shut down a major...
After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, central authority fell to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the Shogunate began....
Franklin advanced a scientific – not supernatural – understanding of astronomical events such as eclipses. His satirical...
You’ve come a long way, baby. moggafogga, CC BY-NC-ND The how and the when of dog domestication are fairly...
So, you found my ancestors? Are you sure this time? epsos There has been much debate about how cats...
Almost 160 years after Charles Darwin publicized his groundbreaking theory on the development of life, Americans are...
Kahina’s life is only known through later Arab historians writing on the Muslim conquest of Africa. Introduction...
Death rituals help us to cope with loss and perhaps even feelings of guilt associated with disposing...