The Tauroctony / Photo by CristianChirita, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Wikimedia Commons The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the...
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Sacello Ipogeico (Heroon), Paestum, Italy / Photo by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons Hero cults were one of the most...
A Gypsy caravan / Wikimedia Commons Studying the Gypsies taught this British historian that we learn more...
AÂ narrower concept of “East Central Europe” remains the dominant one in the German-speaking countries. By Dr. Joachim...
Blanche of Castile and Louis IX of France / Creative Commons Ultimately the Crusaders were forced to...
A 14th century CE illustration of Louis IX of France (r. 1226-1270 CE) departing Aigues Mortes for Egypt on...
Mass inside the church dedicated to our Lady of Good Health in Valenkanni, Tamil Nadu. D.Fernandes, Author provided A...
Baloch Raaj, The Death of Doda Pakistani folklore is shaped both by the languages and traditions of the...
Hajj pilgrim at Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2003 The hajj, the annual...
Examining the available evidence for the use of horses and armor for them in medieval Islam warfare, with...
In 14th-century London, Church leaders discovered how to make a tidy income from sex workers. By Dr....
Fresco in the Pellegrinaioof the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Domenico, di Bartolo / Wellcome Collection,...
Several of the newly identified stone tools – unearthed from a museum collection. Hu Yue A fresh look...
The ‘Venus of Willendorf’ at around 28,000 years old is one of the earliest depictions of women...
So when exactly did presidents begin pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey? By Dr. Suzy Evans, J.D. / 06.29.2018 Historian and...
‘Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor’ by William Halsall (1882). Pilgrim Hall Museum The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But...
Thermodynamics holds the answers to your wildest campfire dreams. (Brent Hofacker / Alamy) The gooey treat couldn’t have become...
Sweeter Alternative/Flickr Human physiology evolved on a diet containing very little sugar and virtually no refined carbohydrate. By...
Very few people today live a true hunter-gatherer lifestyle – and Paleo diets likely oversimplify what would...
Chinese stamps commemorating Deng Xiaoping, a leader widely regarded to have modernized the country and made it...
Pinochet in the car, 1982 celebrating the 8th anniversary of the coup. His dictatorship in Chile was...
The contributions and influence of South Asian artists, poets, intellectuals and sportspeople within British arts, sciences, law, and...
On August 1, 1714, Queen Anne died, and the orderly succession of Hanover’s Elector Georg Ludwig proclaimed him...
Moses Mendelssohn (left) discusses theology with Johann Kaspar Lavater and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, c.1800...
This medieval manuscript lies at the center of a group of books of hours produced by artists of...
In the event of a nuclear attack on the UK, would the NHS cope or would it...
The British Empire stood in the way. Not until the late 1950s did the US finally become...
How have historians interpreted the impact of the failed impeachment attempt of Andrew Johnson? Andrew Johnson, the...
Detail of John Trumbull’s painting depicting the Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration of...
King Lear and Cordelia, by Benjamin West (1793) / Folger Shakespeare Library, Wikimedia Commons Considering how the Fool...