A spectral journey through collisions between elephant and machine revealing latent anxieties at the century’s turn. This...
History
According to Dutch historian Johan Huizinga, gaming is one of the primary expressions of human culture. While...
The scandal and ensuing trial brought all of Rome to a standstill. Introduction Publius Clodius Pulcher (93–52 BC)...
He was strangled, his body exposed on the Gemonian stairs and then thrown in the Tiber. By...
Jeanne de la Motte was convicted, publicly stripped, whipped, and branded with the letter V. Introduction The...
Bureaucracy is not a modern invention; it was conceived by the Egyptians over 5,000 years ago. Introduction...
Introduction The political institutions of Imperial China all took shape in ancient times, and were some of the most...
By about 1100 BCE, the divinity of the king had become well established. Introduction Monarchy in ancient...
Smoking has been practiced in one form or another since ancient times. Introduction The history of smoking dates back...
A record of ancient tobacco smoking by hunter-gatherers of interior northwestern North America. By Dr. Shannon Tushingham...
Hookah smoking began in the royal courts of Mughal India and was readily adopted by British colonials....
Jean-François Champollion’s obsession with hieroglyphs began around 1801. A Forgotten Script Hieroglyphs dominated the landscape of the...
Koine was the medium of much of post-classical Greek literary and scholarly writing. Introduction Koine Greek[2][3][4], also...
The ancient Celtic languages were spoken across Europe and Anatolia (modern Turkey). Introduction The Celtic languages form a branch...
Evidence about the roles and tasks of females who were slaves, servants, or non-family members of the...
The women who witnessed her spectacular rise and dramatic fall are often reduced to footnotes in history....
The word “peasant” is derived from the 15th-century French word païsant, meaning one from the pays, or...
Ceremonial objects have long been an essential element of Jewish visual culture. Introduction From cradle to grave,...
Turning to wordless witnesses to learn more: pictures. Introduction The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of...
A collaboration between an advertiser and the famous coffee company produced the classic U.S. haggadah. Introduction For more...
The Chorrera were a group of cultures in the western lowlands united in part by a common...
Ferrez’s photography concealed slavery’s violence through visual strategies that help maintain racist social hierarchies. Introduction Did you...
Construction plans were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative...
From the anti-slavery movement to civil rights, African Americans have defined freedom and shaped the American experience....
One of the saddest truths about eugenics is that it never went away. Introduction When A-level grades...
Textbooks in the early 20th century said Reconstruction was a gross error and black people needed to...
What was needed then – and in succeeding decades as political defeats – was to keep hope...
The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to...
Parties can be corrupting agents. They can organize to destroy as well as build. Introduction While there...
Coolidge hasn’t gone down in history for his triumphs or failures – but his dry sense of...