This new attribution creates a benchmark for the late-medieval artist’s oeuvre, against which other works can now...
History
The sound quality in ancient times was likely much better than it is today. By Brigit Katz It...
Ancient amphorae / Southampton University, Creative Commons It has been proposed that different drinking norms developed in northern...
London was already a major beer producer in the sixteenth century. London was already a major beer...
Alcohol played a central role in early modern life, occupying much of the time of both law...
Conservator William Shelley and preparator Rita Gomez of the Getty Museum oversee the sculpture’s safe arrival in...
Is there hope humanity will once again push beyond Earth? By Ryan P. Smith Few moments in...
When you think of emblematic Soviet buildings, you don’t usually think of rabbits, but there they are....
In the 1880s and 90s, the age-old literary figure of the spy underwent a number of transformations...
The Panama Canal was a tremendous achievement by the U.S. and a display of their power and...
Walls began to rise around cities throughout Mesopotamia shortly after urbanization began. Introduction The English word ‘wall’...
“Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty; and...
Early modern women were subjected to multiple realms of authority in both the private and public spheres....
The elite few benefited at the cost of the many until his overthrow and exile. Introduction José...
Until the late ninteenth century, the Armenians were referred to as millet-i sadika (loyal nation) by the...
Calling the French liars, atheists, and libertines, undoubtedly evoked a general sense of immorality and disrepute. In...
America had completed a series of successful launches into space and achieved many firsts well before Sputnik....
A discussion of the the scientific context prior to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917....
This is a story of four different skulls that reached three of the world’s largest museums under...
Throughout the time of massive change from 1961 to 1981, there was one constant—the Cold War. Introduction...
How did this forest persist untouched through time? By Dr. Bernhard E. Splechtna (left) and Karl Splechtna...
When the 17th president was accused of high crimes and misdemeanors in 1868, the wild trial nearly...
After the crisis of the EDC, European integration focused on the economic field as the best way...
Team member Felix Knight looks through archives at the Church of Espiritu Santo in Havana, Cuba. David LaFevor...
Chinese and foreign merchants developed a great deal of respect for each other. Not just anyone could...
Examining historic economic links with Portugal and its relationships abroad. By Dr. Ana Cardoso de Matos (left),...
The Protestant churches that emerged from the Reformation movements of the 12th to the 16th centuries arrived...
The Inquisition by Francisco Goya / Wikimedia Commons The inter-cultural communication and the exchanges and transfers regarding Christian...
Wittenberg was the most important source of inspiration for the Reformation in both of the Scandinavian kingdoms....
Globalization began when all heavily-populated land masses began interacting in a sustained manner with deep consequences for...