The apogee of one’s training was to comprehend the laws and to be a vital member of...
History
For the ancient Greeks, music was viewed as quite literally a gift from the gods. By Mark...
The impact of restricitionist policies was tempered by the fact that migrants continued to enter the U.S....
Following the Red Scare of 1919, widespread fear of radicalism fueled anti-foreign sentiment and exclusionist demands. Introduction...
Traditional tile art tells the stories of Portugal’s proud seafaring history. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction Glazed blue...
Lisbon was the capital of the Portuguese Empire, a nation of explorers, seafarers and conquerors. By Wanda...
The cataclysmic eruption of Thera split the island of Santorini into three smaller ones. By Jenna Frawley...
The three Storegga Slides of 6225-6170 BCE are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. Introduction...
The first internet communication was underwhelming, thanks to a computer crash. But a lot has happened since...
The internet may have been “born” in October 1969, but it then percolated for years as complex,...
Andrew Jackson and his supporters felt that the 1824 Presidential election had been stolen from him, which...
John Quincy Adams was the last of the “notables” that began with George Washington. Introduction Only twice...
The bones show interbreeding Neanderthal and Denosivan humans. This article reprinted from RFE/RL. A piece of bone...
Primitive women were more likely than their male counterparts to pack up and leave the cave. Primitive...
Both North and South looked to God for meaning, and each side believed—with equal fervor and certitude—that...
What happened in the first few years seems almost innocent compared to what happened in the last...
As vast as the Spanish empire was during Cervantes time, the empire found itself engaged in numerous...
Natural law theory attempts to define a “higher law” on the foundation of a universal understanding of...
The excavation revealed over 100 coins trapped beneath paving stones. An ancient walkway most likely used by...
The Galatian Celts retained their culture at first, continuing to observe their ancient religious festivals and rituals....
Forget football and cheese. Maybe it should be famous for its shaggy werewolves and shape-shifting schoolteachers! The...
Some of the more famous and memorable cities of the dead. Originally published by ESRI, republished with...
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Paris—the Catacombs—was started as a solution to the intrusion...
Today the Paris Catacombs are illuminated by electric lights and friendly guides. But when Félix Nadar descended...
The 1918-1919 flu claimed millions of lives worldwide. Could it also have given birth to the viral...
They needed others to see them, to draw people to their grief. Reader, he died. I’ve devoted...
Before conjuring Dracula, Bram Stoker poured his soul out to America’s poet. Introduction Ever since Bram Stoker...
A Christmas Carol isn’t the only spine-chilling Christmas ghost story from the pen of Charles Dickens. Introduction...
Young Goodman Brown is one of the scariest stories in American literature. Halloween is a great time...
The Shelleys, Byron, Polidori, and the birth of a timeless tale. The story of how Frankenstein was...