The agora was a political and a commercial space in Athens and other ancient Greek city-states. Introduction...
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For certain people, addictive substances are the pillar of society – not only now, in the modern...
True content-area literacy in history requires students learn reading and writing strategies specific to history. Introduction “Do we just...
Three stories that show how women have created throughout history. By Lyra Kilston, Judith Barr, Elizabeth Morrison,...
An overview of the class structure of society, local government, guilds, pageantry, and punishment in a medieval...
Pressures to elevate the artistic profession began in earnest in the midst of the rising Renaissance era....
Issues of urgent interest for a society living in an era of unprecedented change to the tools...
The rise, fall, and rediscovery of cuneiform. By Shelby BrownClassical archaeologist and classicistEducation Specialist for Academic and Adult...
Aristotle divides friendships into three types, based on the motive for forming them: friendships of utility, friendships...
The Alexandrine grammarians seem to have been the first to divide Greek comedy into what became the...
Hear this history professor explain how history is not as ancient as it feels, and why it...
A scholar of Greek literature writes why we need to turn to the past to understand the...
These battles were part of long-lasting conflict between the Roman Empire and the Persians. Introduction The Roman–Parthian Wars (54...
Victory at Alesia had come for Caesar but at a terrible cost. Introduction The Battle of Alesia was a...
The inscription hence records the construction of the tunnel in ancient Jerusalem. Introduction The Siloam inscription or Shiloah inscripti, known...
Outside of pre-Maccabean Israelite religious literature, evidence for the name and the origins of the Philistines is...
Everybody is busy living the current and planning for the future. We can only know the direction...
This was the generation of suffragists who challenged society’s expectations of what it meant to be a...
During the early to mid-20th century, American textile workers of all categories were subjected to abysmal working...
“Census” is a Latin word. The modern notion of a state counting the population is a direct...
Scholars have reviewed the available skulls and skeletal evidence on the ancient Egyptians to draw some conclusions....
The history of gambling as a favourite pass-time runs back to the medieval ages. People from all...
Specie and paper notes were denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, their values varying from one colony...
He begged for a living and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the...
There are many scenarios where reburial is the best option for an excavated heritage site. Introduction When...
It has been called the most important discovery since tomb of Tutankhamun and a window into the...
History is an essential subject that enables us to plan for the future. Through its lens, we...
The Celts themselves had no concept that they were part of a wider European Iron Age culture....
Celtic art must be judged largely by examining only the art objects themselves and the contexts in...
Gnostics promoted concepts of radical dualism that govern the universe. Introduction Gnosticism is the belief that human beings...