The agoge was at its height during the Classical Period and was praised as the ideal form...
History
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...
Zeno seems to have only intended to form a rational defense for Parmenides’ claim but wound up...
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...
The scientific method developed over centuries from philosophical debate to systematic inquiry. Today’s method — built on...
For seven days, as the two presidential candidates maneuvered and schemed, the fate of the young republic...
Realizing that this country is not what I thought it was is disillusioning. I spent the last...
How masks were actually used in the military in 1918 and how their effectiveness was evaluated in...
A religious scholar explains the history of the High Holy Days and why they might offer consolation...
The Islamic New Year marks the first day of Muharram, a sacred month of prayer and annual...
Interest in Wicca and witchcraft appears to be increasing, but what exactly is it? Introduction Wicca and...
Bubonic plague killed more than 25 million people, or at least one third, of Europe’s population during...
An intriguing look into the medical practices of Europe some 600 years ago. As the world grapples...
The 2,000-line poem by Scottish physician John Armstrong was written during a time of pandemic, war, and...
For a lot of people some of their best memories, or favorite traditions include the food that...
We think of online casinos as a very recent innovation. Yet the first one opened its virtual...
Mandaeans are followers of ancient Gnostic religion, whose traditional homeland was the region of Iraq and Iran....
Knowing the historical contributions of Islam and its influence on other faiths can help counter many assumptions...
There are five pillars – or basic tenets – of Islamic faith. Each of these pillars is...
Geometric Greece experienced a cultural revival of its historical past through epic poetry and the visual arts....
The shape of art in Edgar Allan Poe’s 18th-century fictional travelogue as the United States began its...
Exploring James Bell Pettigrew’s Design in Nature (1908), a provocative and forgotten exploration of the world’s archetypal whorl. This...
The ability of Ancient Rome to inspire was exploited by Mussolini throughout his reconstruction of Rome. By...
At least one in seven volunteers were Jews, making up a force of 5,000 men and women....
Why World War II, the “good war”, still fascinates us and undoubtedly will continue to do so....
It is impossible to say exactly when in 1348 the plague burst the bubble of English exuberance,...
Historians are divided over the question of the quality of science in the Royal Society in the...