Funerals were primarily a concern of the family, which was of paramount importance in Roman society. Introduction...
Ancient Greek funerary practices are attested widely in the literature, the archaeological record, and the art of...
Chase continued to pursue the presidency, seeking the Democratic nomination in 1868 and the Liberal Republican nomination...
The Court was a ‘partisan creature’ and President Lincoln and the Republican Party remade it so that...
In an overwhelming and crowded composition, Rivera represents pivotal scenes from the history of the modern nation-state....
The European invasion and colonization of the Americas was launched in 1492 from Hispaniola. Introduction In the...
This cut-and-paste aesthetic was wholly embraced by Berlin Dada as a form of political and social critique....
Germany’s superior woodworking and stuccowork traditions aided in refashioning the imported Baroque and Rococo styles. Introduction On...
The biggest factor for the survival or disappearance of classical texts is actually likely to be their...
The first author of literature in the world, known by name, was the high-priestess of Ur, Enheduanna...
Lease an anti-Semite who used anti-Jewish tropes and direct anti-Semitic references to stir up her audience. There...
Humanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue....
The Republican strategy uses Christian language to cast Trump as a divinely appointed protector of an authoritarian...
Reading the gospels as history without the criteria we apply to the reading of all ancient history...
The theme of Salome is one that Moreau returned to time and again. Salome dancing before Herod,...
Writing is one of the activities that makes us humans so unique. For thousands of years, the...
As the Western Roman Empire collapsed, landholders gradually transitioned from outright slavery to serfdom. What Is Feudalism?...
The interests of labor or how the lower orders earned their living or conducted their affairs was...
The funeral procession was marked by the movement of bodies, both living and dead, and the loud...
Tombs include arts and goods that indicate person’s economic and social rank. Originally published by the Journal...
Many of us love a tipple. Alcohol lowers our inhibitions and gives us a false sense of...
Dutch painter Pieter Claesz’s Still Life with Turkey Pie (1627) features a cooked turkey that’s been placed...
There were a number of considerations that made the Separatists look to America in 1617. There were...
The pilgrims in the Atlantic crossing on the Mayflower were religious separatists inspired by the Protestant Reformation....
The first European community in North America was established c.980-c.1030 CE by the Norse Viking Leif Erikson....
You may never have sat down and wondered about the history of casinos but it is actually...
The U.S. will never be at peace so long as Trump is free to create mischief and...
Seven years of fighting between Charles and Cromwell claimed the lives of thousands, and ultimately, of the...
The earliest English coronation that is recorded in detail was the crowning of the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar...
Though a coward, Nero thought a voluntary death better than the indignities which he knew awaited him....