Looking at ongoing conservation work and how the pandemic may shape future approaches to tourism and protection...
History
How simple furniture technologies allowed armchair travelers to explore worlds beyond their own in the 19th century....
Wearable art in Byzantium communicated complex messages about social identity, religious beliefs, and concerns about physical and...
In London, a population of 500,000 by 1700 made it almost impossible to find solitary space –...
The evolution of this word coincided with an increasing emphasis on the concept of the ‘renaissance man’...
Like the roots of the concept of “citizen”, the origin of the legal construction of “privacy” lies...
Revealing valuable visual evidence as to how artistic ingenuity was at times the result not of one...
Under Norman kings Roger II, William I, and William II, Sicily flourished as a multiethnic center. By...
Though parts of the mosaic have been damaged in the more than two millennia since its creation,...
After settling in Binghamton, Kilmer set to work developing and selling homeopathic remedies. The Bottle This bottle...
The English word pharmacology or pharmacy derives from the Greek word pharmakon, which means both remedy and poison,...
The skeletons of the urban rich had substantially higher (and potentially toxic) levels of lead compared to...
The history of poisons and poisoning goes back about 5,000 years to the earliest written records of...
Our modern society is filled with versatile opinions about romantic relationships and courtship manners and provides the...
The heat wave started in late June, when temperatures across the United States exceeded 100 °F (38...
The city government did very little to help its poorest residents survive the heat wave. By Fresh...
Some dinosaurs likely hunted at night and had senses as good as a modern barn owl. By...
It’s true that a history major isn’t quite popular amongst students. However, that might be because we...
The U.S. founders believed education would be crucial to maintaining our republic. Introduction The majority of Americans...
The island of Malta is situated in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Italy. It comprises three islands:...
A century ago a similar right-wing outrage campaign was launched against the teaching of evolution in public...
The foundation of America, and of systemic racism, happened at the same time and from the same...
A scholar of race and racism explains what critical race theory is – and how many people...
Crenshaw is known for her work on intersectionality – how overlapping or intersecting social identities relate to...
The basic tenets of CRT include that racism and disparate racial outcomes are the result of complex,...
Park Güell stands as a unique testament to the relationship between Antoni Gaudí’s singular architectural style and...
Many painters in Venetian Crete worked in what was called the “Greek style” and thus retained traits...
A PBS documentary looking at coffee’s history from historical, political, social, and economic angles. Presentation Hosted by...
All artists are influenced by the styles and media of others, even those who stridently claim otherwise....
Nostalgia has made a mark in interior design and Australian home décor is seeing a great revival...