Triumph of Bacchus, about 1560, design by Giovanni da Udine under the supervision of Raphael; woven at...
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Image from Art Institute of Chicago Museum What is Art? Overview Art is a highly diverse range...
Ancient Greek pottery vase, known as a bell krater, used to mix water with wine for the...
Photo: Kim Ahlström via Flickr By Dr. Zuleyka Zevallos / 01.02.2014 Sociologist In a fun rummage through...
What happened to the dragons? Gary L Jones/Shutterstock By Dr. Simon Werrett / 12.31.2014 Senior Lecturer in...
By Carole Raddato / 12.27.2016 Historian Although mentioned several times in the Biblical texts, the actual existence...
There was much more to mummification than material. Flood G./Flickr By Dr. Jana Jones / 08.13.2014 Research...
Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra,...
By Dr. Jeremy B. RutterProfessor Emeritus of Classical StudiesSherman Fairchild Professor Emeritus in the HumanitiesDartmouth College The...
The Sassanian Empire By Angela Costello / 08.17.2016 University of New Hampshire My research involved parsing the...
By Alissa Lyon / 10.23.2014Department of AnthropologyMichigan State University Introduction Sexuality in Ancient Egypt is a subject...
By Joey Lee and KangJing / 04.22.2016 Minasan Kon’nichiwa! Many of us would know that Japan is...
By William Theiss / 11.30.2016 MPhil Student in Early Modern History University of Cambridge The 1517 book...
Detail, Man’s Prestige Cloth, early 20th century, Akan peoples, Asante group, silk and cotton, 289.6 x 172.7...
A gilded bronze statue of the Phoenician god Reshef. From Byblos. (National Museum of Beirut) By Mark...
The Moscow Kremlin / Photo by Jorge Láscar, Flickr/Creative Commons By Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne / 12.29.2016...
Depiction on the Arch of Titus of the triumphal march following the war. In the Jewish War...
Significant historical events, court cases, and ideas that have shaped our current system of constitutional First Amendment...
Parthenon at Night By Dr. Marjeta Šašel Kos / 03.10.2016 Institute of Archaeology Slovenia Academy of Sciences...
Inscription at the Theatre of Lepcis Magna / Wikimedia Commons 06.13.2016 When we think of ancient inscriptions...
The Thinker (1880) by Auguste Rodin located at the Musée Rodin in Paris / Photo by Andrew...
Agrippina Minor plaster cast in Pushkin Museum. The original was found in the surroundings of Rome, is...
Ancient Sanskrit carving on a golden background By Dr. Thomas R. Trautmann Professor Emeritus of Anthropology University...
Native American offers hands-on insights into centuries-old artistry By Jill Radsken / 12.13.2016 With her small, strong...
Infected monks. Religious figures were often the highest demographic of the diseased, as they had to perform...
The Shroud of Charlemagne. Manufactured in Constantinople in 814. / 12th century Byzantine silk, the basis of...
By Carole Raddato / 05.12.2016 Historian Exactly 1900 years ago¹, Hadrian survived a violent and devastating earthquake...
A 3D model of an East Greek wine jug. Image © Ure Museum. By Dr. James Lloyd...
Berlin Gold Hat Detail. / Wikimedia Commons By Jen Brown / 11.26.2016 Historian After viewing thousands of...
By Heather L. Bennett / 04.19.2016 Visiting Instructor University of Buffalo We decided to create a timeline...