Bull-leaping fresco from the east wing of the palace of Knossos (reconstructed), c. 1400 B.C.E., fresco, 78...
History
Bull’s head rhyton from the palace at Knossos, c. 1550-1500 B.C.E., black steatite, jasper, and mother-of-pearl, 26...
Times had taken a sharp turn for the worse. Lexington and Concord had changed everything. When the...
Americans were fed up. The “Intolerable Acts” were more than the colonies could stand. In the summer...
Gaining an understanding of the particular social processes involved in the transitional Terminal Classic period in this...
Because Mayan hieroglyphs have yet to be encoded, the ancient Mayan emperor K’inich Janaab’ Pakal would have...
Twenty years from now, there will be no eyewitnesses left to tell their stories. Only twice in...
In this confidence trick, the criminal contacted the victim offering a large sum of money, or other...
DNA studies reveal that African elephants belong to a very successful and widespread family. For a long...
A community in so many ways defined by reinvention butting up against land prized for its preservation...
The humble sea turtle became the pinnacle of haute cuisine in the eighteenth century. From calipash to calipee, the green...
Political extremism seems to have spread to both sides of the Atlantic. By Dr. Jon X. Eguia...
This was a stunning new phenomenon that shocked most of the older leaders of the Revolutionary Era....
Ruins of ancient Thebes A team of four men could produce 3,000 mudbricks per day. By Dr. Steven Snape...
Russians have been charged with interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. If true, it’s not an...
When the German parliamentary building went up in flames, Hitler harnessed the incident to seize power. By...
High culture played an important political role in Hitler’s Germany. References to music, history, philosophy, and art...
Privilege was the beating heart of that society of orders known as Bourbon France. Privilege was the...
The politicization of the French peasantry before and during the Revolutionary period has been the topic of...
Long before the arrival of Alexander the Great on India’s north-western border, there are references in early...
Edmund Randolph was the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United...
Setting Precedent: The First Senate and President Washington Struggle to Define “Advice and Consent” 
Setting Precedent: The First Senate and President Washington Struggle to Define “Advice and Consent”
Our Constitution and the governmental structure that it created have weathered crises, adapted to change, and stood...
Despite their common interests, relations between the foreigners and the Chinese community grew more tense during the...
Machiavelli’s earlier book, Discourses on Livy, displayed strong support for free speech, a republican form of government, and compromise....
Comparing the different approaches towards artistic activity of Plato and Aristotle. By David OrozcoProfessor of PhilosophyPontificia Universidad...
Fictional characters, unlike laudanum-addicted impostors, never really die. A handsome youth with shoulder-length golden hair sits in...
In ‘Peasant and Nestrobber’, Bruegel was engaged with the troubles of his time. Abstract Pieter Bruegel the...
This 15th-century mystic turned her hand to brewing the bubbly, and she wasn’t very successful. By Karl...
By looking at drug addiction from an evolutionary perspective, we may understand its underlying significance and evaluate...
Extensive trade networks connected the Maya to the rest of Mesoamerica, producing the dynamic landscapes and bustling...