Female “human computers” perform calculations at Langley Research Center, 1955; a day in the office at Velocity...
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View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea, 1805, Simone Pomardi. Sepia, Sepia, 21 5/8 x 29 1/8...
Orphic Prayer Sheet, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 1 7/16 x 7/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum,...
William Harvey dissecting the body of Thomas Parr. Oil painting, ca. 1900. / Wellcome Images (Wellcome Trust)...
Untitled (Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, The Vexed Man, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA), 2008, Ken Gonzales-Day. Chromogenic...
George Washington reviews the troops near Fort Cumberland, Maryland, before their march to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western...
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) / Pilgrim Hall Museum via Wikimedia Commons By Tom Feiling / 03.25.2018...
By Erin Branham / 10.07.2012 Education Specialist for Family Programs Getty Villa I’m a fan of religion. That sounds glib,...
The archaeological site at Knossos, with restored rooms in the background, Crete (photo: Jebulon, public domain) By Dr....
Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate 1 – Before 1279 CE 1.1 – Three Kingdoms Period 1.1.1...
Figure 3.1 Map of Russia / CIA World Factbook Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.25.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief...
The Genius of Lithography, 1819, Nicolas Henri Jacob (French, 1781–1871), lithographer. Lithograph, 19.2 x 16.4 cm (sheet...
Paleographers at work: Participants in the Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography at the Getty Research Institute...
Through this remarkable document, one of the world’s great rulers speaks across 2,500 years. By Annelisa Stephan...
The Cyrus Cylinder, Achaemenid, after 539 B.C. Terracotta, 22.9 x 10 cm. The British Museum The need-to-knows about...
ひろしま/hiroshima #9 (Ogawa Ritsu), 2007, Ishiuchi Miyako. Chromogenic print. © Ishiuchi Miyako 70 years after the bombing...
By Dr. Jenna Tonn / 03.15.2018 Visiting Assistant Professor in Science and Technology Studies Boston College The Museum...
A photograph of Baden-Powell in his miltary get up, probably taken some time shortly after 1900 when...
Portrait of Dr Samuel Latham Mitchill, artist unknown — Wikimedia Commons One of the early Republic’s great polymaths,...
Gold Chain and Amulet (detail of amulet), A.D. 600s, Byzantine, made in Lesbos, Greece. Gold. Image courtesy...
Plaque with the Life of Achilles (one of three), about A.D. 300–350, made in Constantinople or Thessaloniki;...
Postmen of the Wilderness by Arthur Heming, first published in his Drama of the Forests (1921) — Internet Archive Abigail Walthausen...
Photograph of a Sinhalese woman by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1875 – Flickr, Creative Commons Leaving her close-knit artistic...
Baking Bread (detail) in a psalter by an unknown illuminator, Belgium, mid-1200s. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.24.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – Early Indus Valley Civilizations 1.1...
By Dr. David Trowbridge Professor of History Marshall University Introduction Four main developments occurred during the last...
Edward Hopper’s ‘Office in a Small City’ (1953). Gandalf’s Gallery By Dr. Amelia S. Worsley / 03.19.2018 Assistant...
Conservators working in the tomb of Nefertari. Photo: Guillermo Aldana Newly catalogued archives document years of conservation...
A masterpiece of boozy kitsch bites the dust: the sadly closed Bahooka Restaurant and Tiki Bar, formerly...
From The Annals of Horsemanship (1791) by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Monica Mattfeld / 03.20.2018...