By Bill Fawcett #1 — 480 BCE: Xerxes had almost conquered Greece when he sailed into the...
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Artists beloved to be Asuman and Atanur Dogan. By Jonathan Davis / 10.11.2016 The Hidden Power of...
Ferroconcrete reconstruction of Suzuka Gate, on site of former Heijo Palace in western Nara City. An ancient...
Sen. Herman “Little Joe” Welker of Idaho (left) stands with Sens. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin (center) and...
Uribe in one of her history programs. Photograph shared on Google with permission for republication. By...
Galileo demonstrates a telescope to the doge of Venice. Giuseppe Bertini By Dr. Vera Keller / 10.04.2016...
The alleged Apollo head sculpture is dated back to the 6th century BC. Photo: National Museum of...
A relief of cuneiform writing from Assyria. / British Museum London By Dr. Joshua J. Mark Professor...
thenewyorkcrank.blogspot.com By Albrecht Classen The Medieval Chastity Belt: A Myth-Making Process / Albrecht Classen Why would any...
The newly discovered Ancient Roman floor mosaic covers an area of 60 square meters. Photo: TV grab...
The fragmented remains of the Antikythera mechanism. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis By Dr. Mike Edmunds / 07.20.2016 Emeritus Professor...
Beards: powering tech startups since 813 AD / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Zena Kamash / 02.15.2016 Lecturer...
Early-modern aristocrats flaunted their wealth—and the talent of their chefs—with elaborate monuments crafted from sugar By Anne...
By Dr. James W. Loewen Sociologist Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock and editor of Learning for...
By Dr. Mary Spiers / 09.29.2016 Associate Professor of Psychology Drexel University You’re probably familiar with the...
Men with dogs’ heads, creatures with giant feet, griffins, sirens and hellish demons can all be found...
We’re all familiar with the legendary heroes who fought to secure our independence from the British: George...
From camera obscuras and anamorphic images to paper theaters and Kinora reels, early optical devices transformed art,...
The story of Native North America – from its vast contribution to world culture, to the often...
Tools from the Stone Age / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Yuval Noah Harari Professor of History...
By Howard J. Erlichman / 09.26.2016 The civilized world has struggled to contain, let alone eliminate, the...
An ancient fortress in Syria / Creative Commons Introduction “The cradle of civilization.” Throughout the centuries, historians...
President George Washington’s decision to inoculate the Continental Army against smallpox very likely helped the American Colonies win...
The Ancient Greek shrine of Demeter and Persephone on Cape Stolets in Bulgaria’s Sozopol is located near...
Edgar Samuel Paxson’s depiction of the Battle of Little Bighorn By Jim Stempel / 09.25.2016 George Armstrong...
Club of patriotic women in a church during the Revolution / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Antony Lentin...
Aswan Monuments to the Pharaohs / Photo by: eviljohnius, Creative Commons Introduction The tomb of King Tutankhamun...
A medieval kitchen / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Alixe Bovey Head of Research The Courtald Institute of...
Untitled, 2005, José Benítez Sánchez. Acrylic yarn, beeswax, wood. Fowler Museum at UCLA, X2013.12.1. Gift of Ronald...
From the Lascaux Cave Introduction What did the earth look like four million years ago? Who lived...