One of Dionysos’s symbols was a phallus, and an oversized version was carried by a “phallus-bearer” in...
History
An online exhibition explores the identity of a 2000-year-old mummified man. By Sara E. Cole, Marie Svoboda,...
Ukrainian authorities are now unable to monitor archaeological work at ancient Tauric Chersonesos by the Black Sea....
Vikings were working their way up and down the river systems of Russia and Ukraine more than...
The ‘The Virgin of Vladimir’ is part of a larger story of the conversion of Kievan Rus’...
Religious artifacts are items that are regarded as having religious significance. They are usually associated with a...
Recent archaeology has deepened understanding of other ship designs made for coastal sailing and frequent portaging. In...
As part of the nation’s massive wartime mobilization effort, millions of Americans, for the first time, traveled...
In recent decades, Ballard has put much effort into increasing diversity in oceanographic exploration and research. Introduction...
As the English colonized North America between 1607-1733, slavery became institutionalized and race-based. Introduction Slavery in Colonial...
When people fled the new United States in the 18th century, they were taken in by the...
The fact that nearly half the world’s population is still struggling to escape poverty while global temperatures...
As sugar production spread across the Caribbean, it fueled massive growth in African slavery. Introduction The first...
The Portuguese ultimately took control of worldwide sugar production in the 15th century. Introduction From a humble...
As the English colonized more land, they imported more slaves to work it. Introduction Racialized chattel slavery...
Race and religion have intertwined since the earliest days of the United States. The debate over critical...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis sought to uphold segregation in what he didn’t say and didn’t do. The Baseball...
Republicans in Texas and around the nation are back to openly expressing their racism with no need...
These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth’s cooling shift some 50 million years ago....
In the fifteenth century, the Portuguese embarked on an extensive mission to explore new maritime routes. Introduction...
Small changes can dramatically alter the likelihood of extreme local weather. Introduction In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns...
Much of the ancient art known in the renaissance was not excavated but already part of the...
The agoge was at its height during the Classical Period and was praised as the ideal form...
Using modern technology to understand a network of eighteenth-century thinkers. Introduction In 1734, Voltaire fled Paris to...
Our modern Presidents received educations and participated in school activities in ways as diverse as their backgrounds...
He claimed that one’s senses alone could not be relied upon to apprehend true reality. Introduction The...
The same tactics used to cast doubt on the dangers of smoking and climate change are now...
Byzantine science was essentially classical science. Introduction Byzantine science played an important role in the transmission of classical knowledge to...
Jacobi and Einstein collaborated on the crafting of his media image in a series of late-1930s Princeton...
Greek-speaking ancient philosophers engaged in the earliest known forms of what is today recognized as a rational...