From Juan Cole (Professor of History, University of Michigan), at Informed Comment: For Clinton to imply that...
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Closeup of the Ludovisi Gaul (committing suicide) Photographed at the Palazzo Altemps in Rome, Italy by Mary...
By Dattatreya Mandal Beyond the ambit of military triumphs, the Romans were known for both their architectural...
Egyptian archaeologists move statues of pharaohs at the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza pyramids in...
Reuters / 03.18.2016: Our species, Homo sapiens, has a more adventurous sexual history than previously realized, and...
That urgent text message thumbed by their trench supervisor brought University of Cincinnati archaeologists Sharon Stocker and...
Illustration by Glen Lowry May 6, 2015 — We all know the plotline: Single-minded, passionate activists attempt...
Image courtesy Starz In just a little over two weeks I will need to resubscribe to Starz...
This reconstruction drawing by Pat Hughes shows the house of Robert Dene (who died in 1552) at...
From Kathleen O’Neal Gear and Michael Gear at Tor.com: As archaeologists, we’ve spent over thirty years...
Today is not just St. Patrick’s day. This is also the Feast Day of St. Gertrude, the...
St. Patrick / OCA Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland was born around 385, the son of...
A Roman slave medallion at the Baths of Diocletian venue of the National Museum of Rome. Photographed...
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty From The Cairo Post: The results of the radar survey of the tomb...
Wendell Willkie / Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump’s challenge to the GOP establishment now seems on course to...
By: DeAnna Janes (THE LINEUP) – Walls of skulls, display cases containing demonic dolls or massive hairballs...
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH! Veni, vidi, vici! This was the simple message the Roman commander Julius Caesar...
Illustration from “Death’s Doings” by Richard Dagley (1827) (via British Library) From Allison Meier from Atlas Obscura:...
In the latter half of the 17th century the English polymath Thomas Browne wrote Musaeum Clausum, an...
From BI: The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically express thoughts...
Yale historian aims for wider picture of momentum behind the Holocaust Photo by Ine Gundersveen Timothy Snyder:...
When claims from Europe accused British America of being inferior on account of its colder weather, Thomas...
In “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” the soaring and chilling speech he delivered the day before his...
Where is the real proof – archeological evidence, state records and primary sources? A man riding a...
Before and after pictures of Castle Matrera. (Photo by The Guardian) From Medievalists.net: “A botched restoration attempt...
In contrast to today’s rather mundane spawn of coffeehouse chains, the London of the 17th and 18th...
Adean Jacobs (director) and Samara Hersch (assistant director) / Photo Sarah Walker The playwrights were usually financially...
Mary Fissell on how a wildly popular sex manual – first published in 17th-century London and reprinted...
The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a measure intended to restore the Ten Commandments monument that...
From Dattatreya Mandal at Realm of History, “Previously we have harped about Rome’s infrastructure and Rome’s army....