Examining the diverse body of cultural artifacts against the backdrop of Mammoth Cave as a site of...
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Its first recorded state proper was the kingdom of Urartu from the 9th century BCE. By Mark...
Study has led to a much deeper understanding of what we mean when we speak of “life”....
The majority of these processes played out over the long-term, but accelerated since the second half of...
When art and science come together, the relationship tends to be uneven, and too often art becomes...
On the night before Christmas Eve in 1888 — a cold Sunday evening in the French city...
A hot summer revealed a hidden history beneath the dried-out fields – but only when seen from...
Over the past two decades Australian archaeologists have been slowly uncovering the World Heritage-listed ancient theatre site at...
Staring at bloodied soldiers in a train station one fateful April day, Clara Barton rolled up her...
The Japanese call their country Nippon, which means origin of the sun. Introduction There are four major islands and...
About 85% of all matter in the universe consists of a mysterious, invisible, and as-of-yet unidentified substance...
The use of animals for their renewable products greatly increased human capabilities in prehistory. The use of...
Analyzing the role that the Safavid economy played within the rapidly developing global economic system. By Connor...
The empire established Shi’a Islam as Iran’s official religion and united its provinces under a single Iranian...
Seljuk art and architecture is a fusion of Persian, Islamic, and Central Asian (Turkic) elements. By Dr....
When an elected leader turns autocratic, the economy tends to suffer. That’s because, in a functioning democracy,...
The “Saltmen of Zanjan” were preserved by a very rare form of natural mummification which had occurred...
Lincoln deserves far more credit than he has received as an architect of American constitutional law. Introduction...
Martin van Buren was a man for the people, and especially for the downtrodden. Martin van Buren...
Jeffersonian scholarship is not a fool’s errand, but it is extremely arduous. Merrill Peterson, the preeminent Jeffersonian scholar,...
Sentiment began to change in earnest in the wake of the decision to publicize the XYZ dispatches...
Grillot de Givry’s discovery of this 18th-century manuscript from an alleged witch was serendipitous – twice over....
Founded during the conquests of Alexander the Great, the city developed and grew after his death. Ai...
The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into present-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan from 180 BC established the Indo-Greek...
Historians have often neglected tattoos as a source, as artifacts that shed light upon society. In Christopher...
The Muisca, Quimbaya, Calima, Tairona, Tolima and Zenú chiefdoms in ancient Colombia used gold to fashion dramatic...
The All-T’oqapu Tunic is an example of the height of Andean textile fabrication and its centrality to...
Despite the textile’s small size, it contains a vast amount of information about the people who lived...
After many decades of neglect, the story of slavery in the North is reentering collective memories in...
Underground Railroad activists and fugitive slaves had to improvise in response to ever-shifting circumstances. When I’ve used...