Archaeological site of Chavín de Huántar (photo: Julio Martinich, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The artistic style seen in stone...
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Despite the extensive study of Moche iconography, the motivations behind the practice remain poorly understood By Christina Taggart...
British Library, Public Domain Examining how drug literature—writing on drugs by drug users—has consistently resorted to Gothic conventions,...
Fragment of a Tomb Painting with Seated Woman Holding a Blue Lotus, ca. 1539-1425 B.C.E. / Photo...
Detail of a relief of the eastern stairs of the Apadana at Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid), Iran /...
Impression of a Sumerian cylinder seal from the Early Dynastic IIIa period (ca. 2600 BC). Persons drinking...
Creative Commons “Some ethical vision of the world, an ethical concept of what human life and human...
Exploring nations’ reliance on propaganda in World War One, with a focus on symbols and slogans of nationhood...
The Great Silk Road was a caravan road connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean from Ancient times...
Examining interactions and the exchanges in the Eurasian networks during the first centuries of the Roman Empire. By...
Creative Commons One of the most fundamental characteristics of civilization is the rule of law, especially equal...
The Plebeian struggle to gain equal standing with the aristocratic Patrician ruling class. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh...
Mosaic of the vault of the chapel of San Zeno (IX century) / Photo by Livioandronico2013, Wikimedia...
Santa Maria Novella facade / Wikimedia Commons Since the Renaissance, art has been an important tool for...
Adolf Hitler and his entourage take a stroll in Paris on June 23, 1940 / German Federal...
Decimation (William Hogarth) in Beaver’s Roman Military Punishments / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons The ancient Romans interpreted...
A portrait of Charlemagne wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (fifteenth century painting by Albrecht Dürer)...
The Republic at the Zenith of Its Power. Golden Liberty. The Royal Election of 1573, by Jan Matejko / Royal Castle,...
Map of the Peterloo Massacre depicting the location and movements of protestors and soldiers at St Peter’s...
National Archives at College Park / Wikimedia Commons A tense situation due to a heavy British military...
The pope may have been successful in staving off a foreign takeover of his lands, but he...
Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis....
The Homeric Multitext, Creative Commons Women’s discourse in Greek society has been traditionally controlled and restricted by...
Examining the important role of music in ancient Greek cult practices. By Dr. Jana Kubatzki Research Associate in...
Replica of the original Fat Man bomb. “Fat Man” was the codename for the atomic bomb that...
Lockheed U 2C Surveillance Aircraft / Photo by Greg Goebel, Wikimedia Commons Much of contemporary surveillance, with...
North Penn Tactical Response Team of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, practicing Cellular Team Tactics / Photo by Tim...
An unhealed gash on the forehead suggests that the man died a violent death, perhaps in battle....
Inside Rome’s Colosseum visitors can view the chambers that once held animals and contenders below the arena...
Madonna and Child Surrounded by Angels (detail), 1454–56, Jean Fouquet. Oil on panel, 36 1/4 x 32 7/8...