Jews were not welcomed everywhere in the colonies, but they established small communities. Not many Jews immigrated...
History
A greater focus on female activities such as food processing and weaving can provide valuable information on...
The siege of Masada, chronicled by Flavius Josephus, was one of the final events in the First...
Washington arriving in Boston on July 2, 1775, to take command of the Continental Army. / Courtesy...
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.” “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” These words could have been reasonably spoken...
The origin of the idea that liberty could be preserved through the separation of powers endures through...
Greek city-states developed different forms of governance with very different political structures and strengths. The Emergence of...
There are lessons to be learned from this story. In October 1924, during the general election campaign...
America was seen as the promised land by the oppressed and exploited masses. By Åse Elin LangelandHistorian...
Almost everything we know about Dr. Lionel Wafer comes from his own pen. He enters the historical...
There’s a hidden history of Black activists who were also college-football players. By Dave Zirin In 1966,...
The integration of collegiate and professional sports parallels the civil rights movement, but in important ways it...
As a player and a coach, Walter Camp rewrote rugby’s rules to create a sport fit for...
Examining the dietary and physiological requirements of a modern athlete and contrasting this with those of ancient...
Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of Ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and...
Bull-leaping fresco from the east wing of the palace of Knossos (reconstructed), c. 1400 B.C.E., fresco, 78...
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...