The disaster drew the first class action lawsuit against the United States government, on behalf of 8,485...
History
The storm remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, with around 8,000 to 12,000 dead after...
In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill...
Science and determination turned the tide against one of the worst diseases humanity has ever endured. Three...
For Milton Nicholas, the practical hurdle of illiteracy was exploited by election officials in order to manipulate...
This 1848 map proved more useful in Congress for its statistical data than for its colorful depiction...
Communicating the diversity of the ancient Mediterranean. By Paula Gaither, Elisa McAtee, Kenneth Lapatin, and David Saunders...
What is iconography? And how do you use the iconographic method to analyze art? How to Do...
Heads are a frequent motif appearing in all phases of Paracas art, and severed human heads have...
Paracans had the means to support a rich culture and forge reciprocal trade relationships with other Early...
Described as fiercely independent by contemporary Greco-Roman accounts, the Nabataeans were annexed into the Roman Empire. Introduction...
The Babylon ruins, once the capital of Nebuchadnezzar’s empire, are among some of the world’s oldest and...
At the turn of the 20th century, one young black editor implored his peers: ‘Let us make...
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery...
The Byzantines began creating portable mosaic icons by setting small tesserae into wax or resin on wood...
These mosaics illustrate the ways Hagia Sophia became entangled in and responded to theological controversies and more....
Unresolved race matters from the past intersect with twenty-first century activism to counter the continued devaluation of...
Thousands of gay employees were fired or forced to resign from the federal workforce. Introduction The Red...
Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States of America, gave the name Capitol Hill to the...
The ancient Greeks often did not leave risky choices up to individuals alone. Introduction As a scholar...
Honoring the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. My project, Mug Shot Portraits: Women of the...
Studying history is like detective work—especially when the rebellion of Black women has been left out of...
Neanderthals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech. When the ancestors of anatomically-modern non-Africans came...
Western modern historical linguistics dates from the late-18th century. It grew out of the earlier discipline of...
Of all the causes to which Galileo’s image has been applied, freedom of thought and expression is...
Exploring the doctrinal positions of the Church in the context of the Western intellectual disputes around the...
Typically oral transmission refers to the basic action of passing information, in this case music, through oral...
Oral-and-literate ancient Israel probably had performance settings that were standardized for its oral narrative literature. By Dr....
Many modern remedies and medicines are based on Native American knowledge of plants and herbs they used...
Scientific disciplines which study traditional medicine include herbalism, ethnomedicine, ethnobotany, and medical anthropology. Introduction Traditional medicine (also known...