Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BCE – 1st century CE) depicting the Twelve Olympians carrying...
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Illustration from Edwin D. Babbitt’s The Principles of Light and Color (1878) / archive.org A curious case...
Peasant Wedding, 1567, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna By Dr. Brian Hayden /...
Medal struck in Morosini’s honour for his military exploits in the Morean War, by P. H. Müller,...
Artwork by Steve Gardner at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in Washington state. The memorial wall...
Detail from Extracting the Stone of Madness by Hieronymus Bosch / Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid By Dr....
The head of Saint Catherine of Siena displayed at the Basilica of San Domenico. / Image credit:...
Mingora, the modern-day capital city of Swat or ancient Mengjieli / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Anna Filigenzi...
The British Museum’s Enlightenment Room is a display dedicated to the age of Enlightenment. Separated into the...
Byzantine Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea, Athens / Creative Commons By Dr. Nikos Moschonas Historian Institute of Byzantine...
Zoot suit wearing pachucos detained by the police, ca. 1942 This June marks the 74th anniversary of...
Look into my eyes… Adolf Hitler photographed by his personal photographer practicing for public speaking in 1925....
Fresco showing a sceptical looking young man with a scroll labelled “Plato”, from Pompeii / Wikimedia Commons...
By Alkistis Choremi Head of Department in First Ephorate of Classical and Prehestoric Antiquities Greek Ministry of...
Salisbury House Library and Rare Documents Collection, Des Moines, IA By Dr. Charlie Huenemann / 05.30.2017 Professor...
Edward the Confessor on his deathbed, Bayeux Tapestry / Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Normandy By Susan...
On the left, Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘The Manifestation of the Peak’ (1834); on the right, Wright’s rendering of...
Jean-Jacques Hublin, MPI-EVA, Leipzig By Dr. Matthew Skinner / 06.07.2017 Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology University of...
Front Panel from a Sarcophagus, about A.D. 180, Roman. Marble, 18 5/16 × 68 1/8 × 6...
The Intervention of the Sabine Women (detail), by Jacques-Louis David, 1799 / Louvre Museum, Paris By Dr....
Dante and the Three Kingdoms by Domenico-di-Michelino / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. John Marenbon / 02.23.2016 Fellow,...
Socrates and his Students, illustration from ‘Kitab Mukhtar al-Hikam wa-Mahasin al-Kilam’ by Al-Mubashir, Turkish School, (13th c)...
Elvert Barnes Photography/Flickr By Ian Lekus / 11.26.2015 How do I teach the history of HIV/AIDS to...
The so-called ‘Thucydides Trap’? US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing, 2015....
Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope of 1671 / The Royal Society, London By Thony Christie / 03.28.2017 Historian...
Excavations at Banias / Photo by Derek Winterburn/Flickr By Diana Darke / 06.06.2016 In the complex world of...
Sketch by Hokusai / Wikimedia Commons By Antony Cummins / 11.25.2015 A few people might know a...
Study finds that ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations from the Middle East and...
Photo by Ken Howard By Dr. Eric A. Gordon / 06.01.2017 Almost a decade ago I had...
The Roman Forum, by Giovanni Paolo Pannini, 1755 / The Louvre Museum, Paris  By Dr. Markian...