Exploring the role of Magna Carta in the politics and popular culture of modern America. From The Simpsons...
The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment...
An almost life-size terracotta Aztec Eagle Warrior, one of the elite warrior groups in the Aztec military. 13-15th century...
/ An Aztec ceremonial knife with a cedarwood handle and flint blade. The figure of the handle is covered...
Dr. David Ayoub, with his chin in his hand, after testifying on behalf of James Duncan during...
Books, music, artworks and memorials help ensure that victims of pandemics are remembered. But while the Black...
As Indians began to rebel against colonial rule, the British accused them of spreading cholera, little imagining...
A 19th century CE oil painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mt....
Why, in many representations, do we see Moses with horns? Lecture by Dr. Thomas Römer / 02.05.2009 Professor of Biblical...
Are there invisible forces at work in the world? Grzegorz Zdziarski/Shutterstock.com Why do people believe absurd lies about...
A protester and counter-protester square off at a Trump rally / Reuters Political polls and years of...
Hand axes from the site of Saffaqah, Saudi Arabia. (Palaeodeserts/Ian R. Cartwright) Hominins made stone tools in central...
Archaeological excavation at Ain Boucherit, Algeria. Mathieu Duval, Author provided Ancient stone tools found in what is now Algeria show early humans likely spread across Africa more rapidly than...
A healthy-seeming cook gained unwelcome notoriety as Typhoid Mary, unwittingly spreading disease to co-workers and employers. Ultimately,...
A huge expansion of the population of New Orleans created the perfect environment for the spread of...
Creative Commons Welcoming tribes to conquering settlers. By Josh Stewart / 04.17.2017 Genocide is the systematic destruction of...
The last emperor, Sapa Inka Atahualpa / Wikimedia Commons The Sapa Inka (emperor) governed Tahuantinsuyu both efficiently and profitably. What’s...
Charlemagne, portrait by Albrecht Dürer / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Wikimedia Commons His was the first truly imperial power in...
Front of a Frankish casket / Photo by John w. Schulze, Wikimedia Commons Their expansion continued until...
By Tom van der Molen PhD Candidate in Art History Radboud University Nijmegen “Ik kan het niet...
Castillo de Zafra / Photo by Borjaanimal, Wikimedia Commons Medieval men and women were caught up in...
The archaeological evidence is clear, but the mechanisms of diffusion are still not entirely understood. By Dr....
A Phoenician-Punic ship from a relief carving on a 2nd century CE sarcophagus / Photo by NMB, Wikimedia...
Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq / Photo by M.Lubinski, Flickr, Creative Commons Ur was an established...
A map illustrating the various political states within the Fertile Crescent c. 1450 BCE / Image by Свифт/Svift, Wikimedia Commons...
Tampa police detective Kenneth Nightlinger, seated right, questions Atomwaffen member Devon Arthurs in May 2017. (Frontline) Some experts...
Executions of Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivangorod, Ukraine / Wikimedia Commons The Holocaust...
In August 1939 Joseph Stalin made a mistake, one that deeply affected not only the Soviet Union...
Charming family scenes in Victorian adverts for children’s medicines were in stark contrast to some of the...
Many common remedies, as well as the more exotic experimental drugs, were taken throughout the 19th century,...