Painting of Destruction of Religion Images (Icons) in Zurich, 1524 / Creative Commons By Matthew A. McIntosh...
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“It’s a warm evening in ancient Greece” – Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper at “The Big Bang...
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.25.2016HistorianEditor-in-Chief, Brewminate Coin designs don’t change much in today’s world. But this...
Roman aristocratic houses were not merely residences but stages of power, where wealth, status, and imitation shaped...
How the statue might look From Phil Corrigan at The Sentinel / 03.12.2016: COUNCIL leaders have revived...
A mosaic of Hercules with pet Cerberus. Photo: snarl Dogs played a special role in ancient Greek...
By Patricia Smith / 03.22.2016: That we are a country divided is nothing new. We have seen...
With the twenty-six short comic dialogues that made up Dialogues of the Gods, the 2nd-century writer Lucian...
In 1473, Alexander Hardynge, who had finished his bachelor’s degree at Oxford nearly two years previous, borrowed...
A patient drinks a dose of methadone at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon, Portugal © Rafael...
The two-part bronze seal dates from 1322 and was used on documents to mark the king’s authority....
From Juan Cole (Professor of History, University of Michigan), at Informed Comment: For Clinton to imply that...
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. Â 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...