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The ruins of the Ancient Roman city of Nicopolis ad Istrum in Central North Bulgaria. Photo: Ministry...
What really happened in the ancient games? Learn the essentials about nudity, oil, core events, and victory...
New research challenges a previous view that humans got to America via this area, where an ice-free...
Final Panel, Journey of the Human Spirit by Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie – “The Hopi Water...
Hex code from the Blaster worm reveals the potential motivations of the worm’s creator. Ward Moerman ...
By Rick Shenkman and Sharon Arana / 08.05.2016 Almost every day, it seems, another historian comes out against the...
By Dr. Yoav Tenembaum / 08.07.2016 Lecturer, Diplomacy Studies Program Tel Aviv University There are two types...
The second essay in a two-part series in which Lily Ford explores how balloon flight transformed our...
By Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne / 07.31.2016 Historian More than two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton...
A bronze statue, ‘The Boxer of Quirinal.’ Sometimes ancient Greek boxers would bribe their opponents. Wikimedia Commons...
The Ancient Greeks were the driving force behind the development of western astronomy and science, their philosophers...
Adolf Hitler and his entourage take a stroll in Paris on June 23, 1940. German Federal Archives/Wikimedia...
Some of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the world – treasures combining gold and precious pigments – will go...
As with many fields of study, the canonical works of the social sciences are overrun with the...
Richard Caton Woodville’s The Battle of Towton. By Dr. James Clark Professor of Medieval History University of...
By Dr. Kostas KapparisAssociate Professor of ClassicsUniversity of Florida Summary Suggested Reading: Apollodoros, “Against Neaira” (transmitted among...
By S.K. Narasimhan Sculpture The story of Indian art and sculpture dates back to the Indus...
Revolutions often fail. The French Revolution culminated in the leadership of Napoleon, a ruthless emperor who tried...
Mandukhai Khatun (1449-1510), also known as Mandukhai Sechen Khatun, was a Mongolian Empress. The word “Khatun” is...
By Dr. Sibylle ScheipersSchool of International RelationsUniversity of St. Andrews Abstract The article traces the evolution of...
Intestinal parasites as well as goods were carried by travellers on iconic route, say researchers examining ancient...
Rollo’s grave at the Cathedral of Rouen By Susan Abernethy Historian The Freelance History Writer Fourteenth century...
Nancy Harkness Love / Wikimedia Commons Nancy Harkness Love was a trailblazing WWII pilot and commander who...
starsandheights.com The first essay in a two-part series in which Lily Ford explores how balloon flight transformed...
In the galleries of Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts. Photo: Bryan C. Keene. All rights reserved...
The pilgrim’s manuscript (detail), ca. 968, Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. Ink on paper,...
Mummy Portrait of a Woman (detail), A.D. 100–110, attributed to the Isidora Master. Encaustic on wood; gilt;...
By Chip Richards / 07.06.2016 Aligning with the Natural Flow of Life “Nature does not hurry, yet...
19th-century “French postcard” from the personal collection of the German-Austrian psychiatrist and early sexologist Richard Freiherr von...