Bribe-taking by the police remained rampant as prostitutes, gamblers, and saloonkeepers paid enforced tribute. Complaints about the...
History
The 5,300-year-old mummy of Ötzi the Iceman was found 30 years ago with 61 tattoos on it....
For thousands of years, Native Americans left their artistic mark deep within caves in the American Southeast....
Why understanding the tragic history of Indian boarding schools is important for healing to take place. Introduction...
Why tattoos are often seen to be ‘trashy,’ a view likely influenced by colonialism. But they go...
One citation at a time, a professor and her students are crafting a more complete picture of...
The power and influence Agrippina had reached were unprecedented for a woman in ancient Rome. By Giacomo...
Cleopatra Selene II and her twin brother, Alexander Helios, were the children of Cleopatra and the Roman...
Ancient writers from Aristophanes to Plato to Plutarch reference her eloquence and power in a world controlled...
How these fictional figures became wondrous screens on which to project theories of geographical, racial, and taxonomical...
How to rebel against the establishment by creating “readymades”. Introduction In 1913, Dada artist Marcel Duchamp had,...
There is a tremendous wealth of research on Gilded Age Pittsburgh, examining the other side of that...
Durham Cathedral is one measure of the swift and profound transformation brought about by the Norman Conquest...
The president accused his former vice president of treason and tussled with a Supreme Court justice. Mark...
We are facing a level of “fanaticism, authoritarianism, and nihilism” that is tearing us apart. Past and...
Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young...
Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of...
Pandora opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which...
Introduction In Greek mythology, Prometheus, possibly meaning “forethought”)[1] is a Titan god of fire.[2] Prometheus is credited with the creation of humanity from...
The word epistemology is derived from the ancient Greek epistēmē, meaning “knowledge”, and the suffix -logia, meaning...
Nowadays you can find anything on YouTube. There’s practically no niche that wouldn’t be covered on this...
“…the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...
The ‘Awakenings’ all resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of personal guilt, their sin,...
American evangelicalism has had several “beginnings”, each contributing to the shape of present-day evangelicalism. By Dr. Charles...
The Romans extended their control into German territory and developed a nearly unbroken line of fortifications over...
The significance of Tours can be found in the circumstances occurring in the wake of Charles’s quick...
The military past of the Ottoman Turks is relevant even in the modern world. Introduction Spanning across...
Using modern interpretations of ancient Hebrew, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian sources to determine plant species and uses. Introduction...
The very earliest work on chemical processes and transformations was done in the ancient world, in Egypt,...
There is a lack of precision about what “colonial medicine” is or was. Abstract Colonial medicine is...