Figure 1. Rhodian rectangular amphora stamp with the name of Agathoklês [Delos, TD 4033]. By Dr. Nathan Badoud /...
History
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Amber, the fossilised resin of trees, was used throughout the ancient world for...
Painting of David Hume, by Allan Ramsay, 1754 / Scottish National Portrait Gallery By Dr. Garth Kemerling / 11.12.2011...
By Emmy Blotnick / 12.15.2015 1. MECCA Coffee was banned in Mecca in 1511, as it was...
Ambroise Paré, Les œuures d’Ambroise Paré, conseiller, et premier chirurgien du roy (Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1579), pp....
Figure 1. 1684 depiction of Vitruvius presenting De Architectura to Augustus (Source: Vitruvius on Architecture by Thomas...
Waldseemüller map (Martin Waldseemüller) from 1507 is the first map to include the name “America” and the first...
Palace Acropolis at the Maya city of El Peru-Waka in northern Guatemala. (Map by Damien Marken) 09.12.2017...
Oak Grove Acapella Singers, a Gospel group of Chester County, Tennessee, being recorded while singing in the...
Entrance to Prosilio tomb 2; horse bits found with the burial (Yannis Galanakis) The discovery this summer of...
Waldseemüller map (Martin Waldseemüller) from 1507 is the first map to include the name “America” and the first...
The Knight from the Ellesmere Manuscript of the Canterbury Tales By Dr. Eric Weiskott / 09.15.2017 Assistant...
Roman Forum / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. John Scheid / 02.07.2001 Professor of Ancient History Collège...
By Dr. Garth Kemerling / 11.12.2011 Professor of Philosophy Capella University Philosophy Pages Life and Works After receiving a...
Adolph Hitler greets members of the clergy at a rally Lecture by Dr. Alec Ryrie at Barnard’s...
The Melnikov House. View from the courtyard. 2015. © Pavel Kuznetsov A new grant will enable conservation...
Pons Fabricius, built in 62 BCE By Ian Dahl / 10.04.2013 Introduction and History When I first...
Waldseemüller map (Martin Waldseemüller) from 1507 is the first map to include the name “America” and the first...
Studio portrait of Ernst Haeckel in his tropical explorer’s gear, date unknown / New York Public Library...
Henricus de Alemannia with students in a medieval university, by Laurentius de Voltolina, second half 14th century...
Jean Fee shows photos from her time as a nurse midwife for the Frontier Nursing Service. /...
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (original), photographed by Alfred Stieglitz in 1917 after its rejection by the Society of Independent Artists...
A line drawing of Epictetus writing at a table with a crutch draped across his lap and...
At the time of his inauguration, George Washington was described in almost universally glorified terms by the national presses....
By Dr. Garth Kemerling / 11.12.2011 Professor of Philosophy Capella University Philosophy Pages Logical Methods The greatest and most...
Nukuoro Atoll, Micronesia / Archive: NASA, International Space Station By Dr. Fanny Wonu Veys / 09.08.2017 Anthropologist...
Plato statue / Photo by lentina_x, Creative Commons By Dr. Garth Kemerling / 11.12.2011 Professor of Philosophy Capella University Philosophy...
Plato, Confucius and Aristotle. Ancient Greek philosophy is widely taught in American universities, but classes in Chinese...
Presocratic Natural Philosophers from History of Science – Science in Ancient Egypt and the Aegean By Dr. Garth Kemerling /...
The Rialto Bridge on Venice’s Grand Canal, 2010. Photo: gnuckx For centuries Venice’s Rialto Bridge has attracted...