Beards: powering tech startups since 813 AD / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Zena Kamash / 02.15.2016 Lecturer...
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Early-modern aristocrats flaunted their wealth—and the talent of their chefs—with elaborate monuments crafted from sugar By Anne...
The Ancient Greek shrine of Demeter and Persephone on Cape Stolets in Bulgaria’s Sozopol is located near...
Club of patriotic women in a church during the Revolution / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Antony Lentin...
The field near the town of Dryanovets in Northeast Bulgaria where the Battle of Abritus between Rome...
All things must die. But when? / Shutterstock By Dr. Simon Cotton / 09.15.2016 Senior Lecturer in...
Roman Opus Mixtum Wall By Victor Labate / 08.31.2016 Ancient Roman Historian Romae Vitam The many Roman...
By Pamela Merritt / 08.30.2016 The Way of Cats We are blessed, most of us, by living...
Ancient Thracians would place grapes in the middle of the rock vessel known today as “sharapana”, and...
…and Red Little Riding Hood / Shutterstock By Dr. Simon Horobin / 09.06.2016 Professor of English Language...
Bankers and Silk Merchants, from Vincent of Beauvais’ Mirror of History, Ghent, about 1475. Tempera colors and...
The ruins of the Ancient Roman city of Nicopolis ad Istrum in Central North Bulgaria. Photo: Ministry...
By Tom Kenyon / 08.07.2016 Have You Experienced the Therapeutic Benefits of Music? The use of sound...
Initial A: Christ Wiping the Tears from the Eyes of the Saved, attributed to the Master of...
Some of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the world – treasures combining gold and precious pigments – will go...
By Dr. Sibylle ScheipersSchool of International RelationsUniversity of St. Andrews Abstract The article traces the evolution of...
Rollo’s grave at the Cathedral of Rouen By Susan Abernethy Historian The Freelance History Writer Fourteenth century...
In the galleries of Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts. Photo: Bryan C. Keene. All rights reserved...
The pilgrim’s manuscript (detail), ca. 968, Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. Ink on paper,...
19th-century “French postcard” from the personal collection of the German-Austrian psychiatrist and early sexologist Richard Freiherr von...
Bologna, Emilia Romagna. Photo by Tomas Kohl. Northern Italy’s Emilia Romagna region has one of the world’s...
Goats stand in front of the Frankish monastery of Isova in Greece. Photo: Hercules Milas / Alamy...
Illustration of Machiavelli featured in the title page to Historie di Nicolo Machiavegli cittadino & secretario fiorentino...
By Dr. Yuval Noah HarariProfessor of HistoryHebrew University of Jerusalem Excerpt from Affiliate disclosure: Amazon links on...
Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Bibi Afifeh Hamedi Dashti Professor of Philosophy Islamic Azad University Abstract The Greeks...
By Catherine Hokin The Freelance History Writer It is particularly apt to begin this exploration of the reputation...
In the galleries of Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts. Photo: Bryan C. Keene. All rights reserved...
Details from Blue and White Dish with a Merchant Ship about 1510; Barlaam and Josaphat, 1469; and...
By exploring illuminations depicting rural life, Dr. Alixe Bovey examines the role of the peasant in medieval...
By Dr. Thomas Schauerte Historian Museen der Stadt Nürnberg Abstract Studying at Italian universities provided the German humanists...