Catherine the Great / Public Domain By Dr. Heinz Duchhardt / 08.04.2011 Professor of History Akademie der...
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Ostraka from classical Athens nominating the persons of Kallias and Megakles. Cycladic Art Museum, Athens, Greece/Wikimedia Commons For the first...
Photo by Neko412, Pixabay, Creative Commons Scientists have shown the origins of today’s popular ‘tabby’ cat. By Dr. Jan...
By Dr. Joshua J. Mark / 03.07.2018 Professor of Philosophy Marist College Alexandria is a port city located on the...
Evening shoe, beaded silk and leather, Roger Vivier (1907–98) for Christian Dior. 1958-60. © Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Motal cheese is a fresh goat’s milk cheese made primarily in remote mountain areas in Armenia. / Cross...
Adolf Eichmann at his 1961 trial. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Thomas White / 04.23.2018 Visiting Professor...
The Roman Forum / Photo by DannyBoy7783, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lorena Atzeri / 11.20.2017 Akademie der...
Tom Booth, Author provided Turns out the Egyptians weren’t the only ones who mummified their dead. By Dr. Tom Booth / 11.24.2015 Wellcome...
In the 19th century, federal policy shifted from a policy of extermination and displacement to assimilation. The...
Harvard instructor Sunn m’Cheaux worked with 30 Vassal Lane Upper School seventh-graders, teaching them the origin of...
Image via Shutterstock Much of what the English know about the Vikings comes from the court of King Alfred – who didn’t like them much. By Dr. Clare Downham / 04.26.2017...
Late Viking Age Swedish rune-stone commemorating a man called Víkingr. Swedish National Heritage Board, Photo Bengt A. Lundberg, CC...
Left: Tondo with the Bust of a Man, A.D. 300–400, Roman. Marble, 22 5/8 in. The J....
Ancient bronze sculptures preserve the traces of corrosion, restoration, and survival, revealing how noble patinas can protect...
Strange as it may seem, many participants at Gallipoli took the time out to ponder the beauty...
Armenians marched by Ottoman soldiers / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Markus Koller / 01.10.2012 Professor of History...
The modern city of Cusco, overlooking the Plaza de Armas, Peru (photo: Michael and Kristine Senchyshyn, CC...
Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a dog, c. 100-800 C.E., Moche, Peru, 180 mm high (Museo...
Drunken Alcibiades interrupting the Symposium, by Pietra Testa, 1648 / Wikimedia Commons By Mark Cartwright / 02.08.2013 Alcibiades (or Alkibiades) was a...
The Homeric Multitext, Creative Commons By Dr. Margaret Alexiou George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies Professor...
Day of the dead at a Mexican cemetery. © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Many...
The abyss of hell. Sandro Botticelli The meaning of hell might have changed over the centuries, but for...
Plaque with a Priest from the Oxus Treasure, 500–330 B.C., Achaemenid. Gold, 5 7/8 x 2 15/16...
Official mascot of the 102nd Infantry, 26th “Yankee” Division, and the first dog to be given rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. While...
Detail from depiction of a Formosan funeral, featured in George Psalmanazar’s An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa (1704)...
Head of an Oba, Nigeria, Court of Benin, 16th century, brass, 23.5 x 21.9 c 22.9 cm...
The end of an era: the death of Harold, according to the Bayeux Tapestry. Wikimedia Commons 1066 was...
Roman coins were discovered in Katsuren castle in Uruma, Okinawa, southwestern Japan. EPA/Uruma City Education Board Is this...
Keeping your head up was tough in Roman times. Public domain During a 1988 excavation on London Wall 39 human...