View of St Mark’s campanile (left) and Palazzo Ducale (right) from the lagoon, Venice By Dr. Ellen...
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Effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine in the church of Fontevraud Abbey – By Adam Bishop – Own work, CC...
Mum’s gone to Iceland. Creatista/Shutterstock The traditional picture of Vikings is one of boatloads of hairy men pillaging...
The Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in His Gallery at Brussels, by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) 1651. /...
Depiction of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians (r. 911-918 CE), in the cartulary of Abingdon Abbey (British Library Cotton...
By Dr. Michael E. Mann / 01.28.2018 Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science Director, Earth Systems Science Center...
The Roman weekday ‘dies Veneris’ was named after the planet Venus, which in turn took its name...
By Dr. Jane Draycott / 05.17.2017 Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellow in Classics: Ancient Science and...
A Boyar Wedding Feast, by Konstantin Makovsky, 1883 / Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens via Wikimedia Commons ...
The baths at Bath, England. Romans by Shutterstock The Romans are well known for introducing sanitation to much of their empire...
Carlos Barria/Reuters There is an era that lends itself rather closer than the tired Nazi comparisons of Donald Trump. And it...
Rurik / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.03.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The...
By Dr. Thomas Welskopp / 12.03.2010 Professor of Philosophy and Theology Universität Bielefeld Abstract This article traces...
Left: The Virgin and Child with Saints and Allegorical Figures, about 1315–20, Giotto di Bondone (Italian, about 1267–1337)....
The Ascension of Christ from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, about 1340, Pacino di Bonaguida. Tempera and gold on...
Engagement Ring with a Greek Inscription, about A.D. 1175–1300. Gold and enamel, 1 3/16 in. diam. Image...
Piotr Piatrouski / Shutterstock.com By Keith Ruiter / 03.30.2017 PhD Candidate in Scandinavian Studies University of Aberdeen...
A reconstructed Viking ship. Caitlin Mills By Dr. Tom Clark / 03.25.2018 Associate Professor, First Year College Victoria...
Passion, Lament, Glory at Melbourne’s St. Paul’s Cathedral in 2017. Sarah Walker By Dr. Paul Megna / 04.12.2017...
German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859–1941), centre, visiting a group of Ethiopians at Hagenbeck’s Tierpark in Hamburg in 1909 /...
Pair of Wristbands with Birds and Palmettes, Greek, made in Constantinople, 800s–900s. Gold with granulated decoration and...
Athenian black-gloss drinking cup (bolsal), about 400 B.C. Terracotta, 11 in. diam. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016.79.1,...
A battle of the Second Crusade (illustration of William of Tyre’s Histoire d’Outremer, 1337) / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Nicholas Morton...
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea, 1805, Simone Pomardi. Sepia, Sepia, 21 5/8 x 29 1/8...
Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate 1 – Before 1279 CE 1.1 – Three Kingdoms Period 1.1.1...
Figure 3.1 Map of Russia / CIA World Factbook Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.25.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief...
Paleographers at work: Participants in the Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography at the Getty Research Institute...
Yellowstone Pond, 2012. Wikicommons/runt35 The mantra these days is “to make America great again.” But a key...
Gold Chain and Amulet (detail of amulet), A.D. 600s, Byzantine, made in Lesbos, Greece. Gold. Image courtesy...
Plaque with the Life of Achilles (one of three), about A.D. 300–350, made in Constantinople or Thessaloniki;...