Men were transient figures (and often dupes) of light-fingered sex workers, but women’s relationships with each other...
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People in Arctic and Northwest Coast communities are uncovering the therapeutic history of tattoos. By Joshua Rapp...
Exploring some of the struggles that occurred over commemorating that most difficult of anniversaries: the execution of...
His impacts included displacing much of the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility to reshaping the English language. William’s Early...
Examining Dadd’s most famous painting The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke. This article, Richard Dadd’s ‘Fairy Feller’ Master-Stroke, was...
Examining the similarities and differences between Leroy-Beaulieu and Prévost-Paradol’s respective colonial models. In the last years of...
The year 1830 was important for a distant event: the bombardment by French forces of the Barbary...
The impact of restricitionist policies was tempered by the fact that migrants continued to enter the U.S....
Traditional tile art tells the stories of Portugal’s proud seafaring history. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction Glazed blue...
John Quincy Adams was the last of the “notables” that began with George Washington. Introduction Only twice...
What happened in the first few years seems almost innocent compared to what happened in the last...
The excavation revealed over 100 coins trapped beneath paving stones. An ancient walkway most likely used by...
“It is our Torajan culture. It is what we do.” By Tommy Trenchard and Aurélie Marrier d’Unienville...
Some of the more famous and memorable cities of the dead. Originally published by ESRI, republished with...
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Paris—the Catacombs—was started as a solution to the intrusion...
Today the Paris Catacombs are illuminated by electric lights and friendly guides. But when Félix Nadar descended...
Before conjuring Dracula, Bram Stoker poured his soul out to America’s poet. Introduction Ever since Bram Stoker...
Images of witches and witchcraft offer a glimpse into the fears and superstitions of the past. Many...
Two curators this unique medieval book and its long influence. Introduction The bestiary—the medieval book of beasts—was...
Do you dream of enjoying the sunset in the Grand Canyon, having dinner with your beloved one...
Seleucus was arguably the most successful of Alexander’s successors with the creation of a multi-national empire. Introduction...
Williams’s captivity narrative reinforces what we already know about religious life in colonial North America: mutual distrust...
Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508-12, fresco (Vatican, Rome) Michelangelo began to work on the frescoes...
The Irish monks combined the letters of the Roman alphabet with their own Ogham script. Introduction The Book...
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Athenian prominence in the story of Classical Greece is no accident. Introduction As mentioned in the previous...
The religious practices of the Greeks extended beyond mainland Greece. Introduction Ancient Greek religion encompasses the collection...
The most remarkable accomplishment of this era lies, undoubtedly, in the field of architecture. By Dhruba RC...
The Early Dynastic Period is prehistoric, and it is difficult to determine who ruled when and what...
An obsession with statistics has made teams better than ever — but the game is now more...
New franchises, colorful characters, and the ‘Miracle Mets’ gave new life to a sport grown stodgy. When...