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By John Reichley / 05.25.2016 Leavenworth Times This commemorative Memorial Day edition hopefully will assist in getting...
Commodus issued coins with either BRITANNIA or VICT(oriae) BRIT(annicae) on them following the campaigns of Marcellus. ...
“Yes it’s a new thing we’re trying out, it’s called ‘international trade’.” Anna Gowthorpe/PA By Dr. Steven...
Archaeologists led by Kostas Sismanidis announced the discovery of Aristotle’s tomb based on, well, nothing really. Archaeologists...
Dining room scene from the Luttrell Psalter, 1325-1335. By Dr. Andrew Jotischky Professor of History Lancaster University...
Mercer Family Plot at Bonaventure Cemetery. Photo © Ron Cogswell, Creative Commons By Dr. Kurt W....
An 1858 woodcut celebrating the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable. (Library of Congress) By Ben Wilson...
Speaker’s Platform, Athens Assembly, Pynx, Athens By Dr. Edward M. Harris Professor of Ancient History Durham University...
By Dr. Frank Becker Professor of History Universität Duisburg-Essen Abstract The American Revolution was not only a...
By Tumi Ferrer The history of coffee in Iceland dates back to November 16th 1703, when Árni...
By Dr. Lawrence S. Wittner Professor Emeritus of History University at Albany, State University of New York...
Medieval towns were vibrant hubs of activity, housing an array of people from political and spiritual leaders...
Block V (fragment) from the east frieze of the Parthenon, ca. 447–433 BC. British Museum, main floor,...
By Harlow Giles Unger / 05.22.2016 Author and Historian Recent speculation about the likely reactions of America’s...
The largest statue of goddess Cybele discovered in its Temple from ancient Dionysolpolis, with a lion relief...
By (left to right) Dr. Jana Jones, Dr. Tom F.G. Higham, Dr. Ron...
By Mary Harrsch Historian Ancient Times Whenever I see a headline that purports to label an entire...
By Dr. Peter J. Bowler Professor of Biological History Queen’s University, Belfast Editor: Paul Ziche Copy Editor:...
Mummy in British Museum / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Kathryn Meyers Emery Anthropologist – Mortuary Archaeology I’ve...
Fr. Edward Farrugia Professor of Theology Pontifical Oriental Institute Editor: Thomas Bremer Copy Editor: Christina Müller, Claudia...
Ruin of a second-century public toilet in Roman Ostia. Fr Lawrence Lew By Dr. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow...
By David Pescovitz / 05.23.2016 On this day, May 23, in 1934, police killed infamous outlaw couple...
Detail from frontispiece of The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals (1906) by E.P.Evans Murderous pigs...
Stonehenge. Photo by Thanh-Tung Nguyen / Creative Commons By Dr. Kathryn Meyers Emery Research Fellow, Anthropology Michigan...
Newspaper stand in London. Yukiko Matsuoka By Dr. John Maxwell Hamilton and Dr. Heidi J.S. Tworek...
Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Jürgen Wilke Professor of Journalism and Communications Johannes Gutenberg University Translated by: Christopher...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters (Oct. 2001) Book Cover...
Íslendingasögur by Gilwellian – Árni Magnússon Institute By Rebecca Merkelbach Doctoral Student University of Cambridge “I’ve come...
This map of Alexander’s empire will be useful for orientation in this article. / Wikimedia Commons (Click...