Home heating is something we often take for granted. It’s something we don’t really notice, but heating...
History
The dominant architectural system in use in the Greek, Roman, and Punic shipyards. During the Hellenistic period...
The growth in tonnage during the Hellenistic period is due to developments in both ship and harbour...
What precisely was a ship painter in the ancient Mediterranean? Introduction Ancient literary sources often mention the...
Many people don’t think about how interesting it is that there were casinos in old Roman culture....
Women scientists were the exception in a male-dominated field during the Scientific Revolution. Introduction Women scientists during the...
Astronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects is still used in the field today. Introduction...
Though women patent holders have increased five-fold from 1977 to 2016, there’s still a long way to...
Possible ideological and social changes that led to a new chronological-cultural stage: the Early Bronze Age. Abstract...
Hephaistion’s ancestry offers us an interesting insight into fluidity of Macedonian identity. Introduction An epigraphical survey (with...
Examining contextual evidence to redress the erasure of Black people from the historical record. Introduction The unprecedented...
The title tsar was initially used for the khans of the Golden Horde and the emperors of...
There is speculation about the actual reason behind this long voyage. Introduction The Grand Embassy was the...
The State and the ruling Party promised to satisfy the needs of its citizens, a promise they...
Diagraming our landscape is an ancient feature of human cognition and behavior. One of the most significant...
His power- and transactionalist-oriented approach to foreign policy produced a series of destructive outcomes. Introduction Henry Kissinger, who...
Political events had a strong influence on new conceptions and ‘Inventaires’ of the oikoumene. Despite the scant...
It is the spatial dimension that makes geography different. By Dr. Robert HickeyProfessor of GeographyCentral Washington University...
Insights into the local sociability and networks of the ‘middling’ strata of medieval London society. Introduction One...
During this era, bourbon, rum and gin were the staples of the barman’s trade. There are many...
Cigar makers used symbols of power to give all their cigar labels the air of exclusivity and...
Exploring the varied forms of masculinity and femininity seen in the written sources. Introduction This chapter explores...
How two medieval artists illustrated the text’s protagonist a figure assigned female at birth who lived as...
Cahun lived a remarkable and inspiring life. When author, illustrator, and YouTuber Kaz Rowe first encountered Claude Cahun’s work...
Early coal extraction was small-scale, the coal lying either on the surface, or very close to it....
Anthracite (or “hard” coal) exploitation began before the War of 1812. Introduction The history of coal mining in...
The Cymmer Colliery disaster influenced the introduction of mine safety improvements including legislation. Introduction The Cymmer Colliery explosion occurred...
There was both a hierarchy of facial features and of their associated senses. What Is a Face?...
Medieval texts reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. Introduction have been researching blindness in the...
Questions of bodily integrity and morality, the personal and social significance of the face, loomed large. Introduction...