Childbirth used to be a terrifying ordeal. But women were surrounded by others – mothers, aunts, sisters...
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Fertility cult, however loosely and often unhelpfully defined, has long been an accepted element of ancient religious...
Power, and the desire for more, is always corruptive, as illustrated by the life of Gaius Marius....
The British elite in the 17th century to the 19th century were known to take Grand Tours...
The Gordon Riots began when England was involved in the American Revolutionary War with England virtually isolated...
That a republic may vanish is an elementary schoolbook fact. By Dr. Garet Garrett The Roman Republic...
Introduction A medieval university is a corporation organized during the Middle Ages for the purposes of higher...
Thousands of years after his rule, Nebuchadnezzar’s name lives on in his buildings and in ancient literature....
Studies show that board games and even video games are good for your brain health. When people play...
John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president on January 20, 1961. The road there...
The forces that have shaped the Rough Rider’s presidential legacy in the decades since his death nearly...
Thomas Jefferson was aware of the pitfalls of democracy and never believed in the “pure democracy” scorned...
A highly important function of the Forum Romanum was as a center of administration and politics. The...
Analyzing the evolution of the map of the world in the 20th century, from the Navy League...
The Mexica were a migrant people from the desert north who arrived in Mesoamerica in the 1300s....
What Are the Benefits of Hiring a Lyft Accident Lawyer? We’ve all seen the commercials on TV....
An idea conceived with good intentions went terribly wrong and ended in tragedy. Fifty years ago this...
Art nouveau was the modern art movement that America almost entirely missed. Art nouveau was the modern art...
He used his support of the Great Awakening to greatly benefit financially, affording him time to champion...
More than half of Americans leave vacation days leftover at the end of the year. As a...
The overcrowded vessel’s crossing took more than two harrowing months. In 1620, the Mayflower plowed across the Atlantic through...
The map had much to say about the intellectual rapport between cartographers and navigators in the fifteenth...
Sicily’s historical legacy today includes some of the most impressive and best-preserved ancient monuments in the Mediterranean....
Alcohol use disorder is also known as alcoholism. This is a condition where an individual has a...
Though he was adopted by the Lakota Nation, he clung to a paternalistic mindset. During the summer...
Social movements often arise in times of sudden changes and social unrest, becoming a source of spiritual...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Asclepius was the ancient Greek god of medicine and he was also credited...
The great thing about the lifting of the prohibition of marijuana is the fact that people are...
How long will our planet last? Is it really a matter of twelve more years for earthlings?...
These women were mythologized as the “mad women” who were nurses of Dionysus in Nysa. Introduction In...