Lynes was a highly sought-after commercial and fashion photographer in the 1930s and 1940s. But he had...
History
There were many expeditions in search of a Northwest Passage during the 1700s. They include the voyages...
The silver industry influenced life in the colonial Americas and the Atlantic world on social, political, and...
Herod created architecture that implemented Roman technology, designs, and styles, while co-mingling them with his existing Hellenistic...
The Jewish red heifer ash ritual may have originated in surrounding pagan cultures reflecting the transition from...
The history of race science is a history of racist science, as epitomized by this proposed but...
Exploring the world of poverty, high mortality, prejudice and charity that influenced the creation of Oliver Twist....
The Kingdom of Hungary was at times a major power in Central Europe. Introduction The Kingdom of Hungary (short...
Hungary’s traits are rooted in this a history of fluid borders, as well as the strong migratory...
A philosopher, writer, orator and statesman, Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) was Rome’s leading intellectual during...
Aspasia was a woman of formidable intelligence and eloquence who influenced many of the important writers, thinkers,...
The ships traveling the pathways of the Middle Passage—and beyond—were anything but silent spaces. “A Kind of...
The Arctic became a place beyond empirical grasp: the real/fantasy land of orality about which those living...
Acoustical science fundamentally transformed the ways that Victorians conceptualized the relations between aesthetics and the body. This...
The ancient pilgrimage center at Chavín provides the multifaceted material evidence needed for an archaeoacoustic case study....
The sound quality in ancient times was likely much better than it is today. By Brigit Katz It...
Something needed to be done to mask the taste of bootleg alcohol that could include ingredients ranging...
London was already a major beer producer in the sixteenth century. London was already a major beer...
Alcohol played a central role in early modern life, occupying much of the time of both law...
Beer is the most consumed beverages in the world with a long history. What does the ancient...
It has been 10 years since Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the commercial space age. What hurdles must...
Is there hope humanity will once again push beyond Earth? By Ryan P. Smith Few moments in...
In the 1880s and 90s, the age-old literary figure of the spy underwent a number of transformations...
The Panama Canal was a tremendous achievement by the U.S. and a display of their power and...
Walls began to rise around cities throughout Mesopotamia shortly after urbanization began. Introduction The English word ‘wall’...
It began with an image – the first on the White House Photography Office’s 4,527th roll of...
“Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty; and...
This network of FSA camps—the series of communities designed to be occupied and left on a seasonal...
Exploring how topography was deployed as an instrument of French state formation in Louis Garneray’s Vues des...
Early modern women were subjected to multiple realms of authority in both the private and public spheres....