Hajj pilgrim at Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2003 The hajj, the annual...
History
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...
Considering how the Fool and Poor Tom, two characters in King Lear who stand outside the social order, enhance the...
After the death of Tiberius, the problem of the succession presented to the senate was not an...
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. Czech psychiatrist Kurt Freund found that...
Magnus Hirschfeld, on the right, sits with his partner, Tao Li, at the fourth conference of the...
In the 1850s, smallpox vaccination became compulsory in Britain. But the influence of anti-vaccination campaigners meant outbreaks...
A combination of poverty and “plague orders” in 1665 trapped many in situations that meant almost certain...
Woman or goddess (“La Parisienne”) from the Camp-Stool fresco, c.1350 B.C.E., western wing of the palace at...
Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, c. 1600 B.C.E., faience, 29.5 cm high (Archaeological Museum of...
Anti-Apartheid protest in the 1980s are mere snapshots of time in the long journey towards equality, paved...