Judith Flanders describes how many of our own Christmas traditions – from trees and crackers to cards...
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Fancy something a bit different this year? Caroline Yeldham, courtesy of the Leeds International Medieval Congress By...
By T. Steelman As we celebrate the season, lets take a look at winter holidays from cultures...
Carolling wasn’t just for Christmas back in the day. Easter, New Year, and even political events such...
By Dr. Elliot R. Wolfson / 11.18.2016 Distinguished Professor of Religion University of California, Santa Barbara And...
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The Three Living and the Three Dead and Decorated Text Page from Crohin-LaFontaine Hours By Dan Giglio...
An idealized bronze statue honors the heroism of Yale College graduate Nathan Hale (1755-1776; B.A. 1773, M.A....
Attavante, Martirio dei sette fratelli ebrei By Dr. John Ma Professor of Ancient History and Classics Columbia...
Anthropomorphic vessels depicting the Great Goddess with a bun hairstyle are the only ones of their type...
By Dr. John S. Wilkins / 10.14.2016 Honorary Research Fellow University of Melbourne Prelude The Epic History...
By Dr. Michelle Orihel / 11.29.2016 Assistant Professor of History Southern Utah University Last spring, I blogged...
By Robert Lindneux in the Woolaroc Museum, Bartlesville, Oklahoma From the National Park Service The Trail of...
The Peacock Stage (detail), attributed to Jörg Breu the Elder, (German, ca. 1475–1537). Miniature from the illuminated...
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure...
Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Roots The Gothic Revival movement emerged in 19th century England. Its...
The Cathedral of Light at Sydney’s Vivid Festival. Doug Ford/flickr By Dr. Naomi Stead / 06.10.2016 Associate...
The medieval period in Europe was a time of ignorance, superstition and violence, but it was also...
Brodie castle, north Scotland. Albert de Bruijn By Dr. Peter Lindfield / 10.30.2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Literature and...
The 2007 midwinter solstice illumination of the main altar tabernacle of Old Mission San Juan Bautista, California....
Indigenous African tribal religious masks By Dr. David T. Adamo / 10.31.2011 Kogi State University Abstract This...
These stories are from James Mooney’s History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. Mooney was an...
By Kenneth Greg Watson Historian Current scientific data indicate that Native Americans arrived from Siberia via the...
Red Cross volunteers respond to the Great Pandemic, 1918. Headstones mark the city’s deadliest virus By Dr....
Odo of Metz, Palatine Chapel Interior, Aachen, 805 (photo: Holly Hayes) By Dr. Nancy Ross / 12.19.2016...
By Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker / 08.15.2015 Mediterranean Archaeologist An architectural order describes a style of building....
Detail of a gypsum wall relief from the northwest at Nimrud. What has survived is the left...
Sutcliffe Maudsley, “Lt. General Joseph Smith In Nauvoo Legion Uniform,” gouache on paper. By Benjamin Park /...
Garden archaeologist Kathryn Gleason By Annelisa Stephan / 10.08.2010 Research Specialist Kathryn Gleason is an expert on...
Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880....