The Constitution places few limits on who can serve in the House, but it requires that Members...
Two-thirds of Americans — and nearly all Democratic presidential candidates — now agree that pot prohibition is...
Most medical historians agree that one of the most important advances in medicine was the use of...
During the devil’s last apogee in early modern Europe, demonic afflictions were taken seriously by both priests...
While contemporary laser removal techniques are only around forty years old, efforts to erase or rewrite tattoos...
The tools, called “bone combs,” resemble hair combs with their grooved edges. By Amy Held Tattooing goes...
It has meant different things to different people at different times, which is part of its genius....
French artisans and craftsmen began constructing the Statue in France under Auguste Bartholdi’s direction. The Early Stages...
New research demonstrates that a sculpture is associated with a harrowing episode of anti-Semitic violence in late-1400s...
The Renaissance period (c. 1300-1600 CE) in European countries is renowned for path-breaking and rapid developments and...
Versailles was the location of two seismic shifts in political culture. Ten million tourists flock to Versailles...
By sanctifying the royal body, the act of anointing has often been believed to confer healing powers....
By Dr. Christopher DugganHistorian The announcement on the radio later that evening that the ‘Duce’ had fallen...
Power has forever been entwined with a symbolic apparatus in charge of representing it. Power has forever...
The Ottonian dynasty (German: Ottonen) was a Saxon dynasty of German monarchs (919–1024), named after three of its kings and Holy...
West Francia prospered under succeeding kings up through the rise of the Capetian Dynasty. Introduction The Kingdom...
Pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall from the Precinct of Amun-Re / Photo by Kurohito, Wikimedia Commons The New Kingdom...
The Temple of Isis at Philae, with pylonsand an enclosed court on the left and the inner building at right /...
Once again we face dilemmas that require as much of us as any time in the nation’s...
Imagining what might have happened is natural. In reflecting on the legacy of the American Civil War,...
Many questions linger regarding the process and motivations of Lincoln’s burial in Springfield. By Dr. Jeremy PrichardHistorian,...
Adams had become widely revered in his last years. The morning of February 21, 1848, was bright...
The Federalists won, but when the dust settled, Anti-Federalists could claim to have made their point. To...
It’s worth considering the astonishing contrast between 21st-century presidential elections and those contemplated by the 18th-century authors...
The Romans knew that a powerful naval fleet could supply troops and equipment where they were most...
A combined force of Germans annihilated a Roman army consisting of three legions. Introduction At the Battle of Teutoburg...
“Every scenario predicts that a country under attack will launch all its weapons at once to avoid...
Stories passed down from the ancient world tell of self-powered machines able to move on their own....
Over the course of several centuries, the inhabitants gradually settled down and took up agriculture. Introduction The...
The Wielbark culture was named after a village where a burial place with over 3,000 tombs. Introduction...