Statue of Themistocles in Piraeus, Greece By David Van Dyk / 08.17.2016 “My boy, you will be...
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A detail from the frieze of the Treasury of the Siphians at Delphi depicting the Gods fighting...
Nordic Sámi (Saami) people in Sapmi (Lapland) in front of two Lavvo Tents / Photo by Granbergs...
New DNA analysis reveals that, before their mysterious disappearance, the Norse colonies of Greenland had a “near...
Rethinking his initial impressions after being fed “a diet of Gandhi hagiographies”. By Dr. Arica L. Coleman...
Mohandas K. Gandhi / Wikimedia Commons The Indian leader saw nonviolence as an active and powerful thing—not...
Examining the development of the criminal justice system in medieval India. By Dr. Rahul TripathiAssociate Professor of...
The Coronation of Charlemagne, fresco by Raphael at the Apostolic Palace, c.1516 / Wikimedia Commons The problem...
The Coronation of Charlemagne, by Friedrich Kaulbach / Wikimedia Commons Today he is regarded as the founding...
Looking at the botanical and zoological basis of some of these elixirs to find out whether they’d...
Still Life with Fruit, Oysters and a Porcelain Bowl, Abraham Mignon, 1660 – 1679. / Rijksmuseum Medieval...
Image by Ancient Origins, Wikimedia Commons Ultimately, there is only one warrior culture. Its evolution and transformation...
Relief scene of Roman legionaries marching, from the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy, 2nd century CE...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin Roosevelt, and Premier Joseph Stalin / Library of Congress Franklin Roosevelt...
Click image to enlarge The years between the First and Second World Wars were politically and economically...
Krak des Chevaliers, Syria / Photo by Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons The 13th century saw a number...
Saladin / Wikimedia Commons In July 1096 Kilij Arslan learned that an enormous throng of Franks (Franj)...
First lines of Beowulf from the damaged Nowell Codex Old English arose from the set of varieties...
This bilingual papyrus containing magical spells and recipes dates from the early third century A.D. and is...
The art and architecture of Southeast Asia was heavily influenced by Indian religions and artistic styles. Curated/Reviewed...
Machu Picchu Exploring the work of South American indigenous people’s before colonization. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh...
Initial Q: David Before Saul (detail) from a psalter, after 1205, Master of the Ingeborg Psalter. Tempera...
The Man of Law’s Tale might seem an unlikely specimen for examining the development of race in...
Wikimedia Commons Looking at the establishment of Western monasticism by St. Benedict of Nursia at Montecassino, Italy, in...
Madrid Codex (replica) in the Museum of the Americas, Madrid / Photo by Simon Burchell, Wikimedia Commons...
A Roman wax tablet and stylus / Photo by Peter van der Sluijs, Wikimedia Commons Exploring the...
Simon Armitage explores Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and reflects on how he approached his own...
Puzzling out the meaning of monsters in Beowulf, comparing the hero with Grendel, Grendel’s mother and the...
A marble relief panel from Smyrna showing Roman slaves in chains. 200 CE. (Ashmolean Musuem, Oxford, UK)...
Page from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana. Three cowherds bring their cows to the river Yamuna...