The misfit journalist felt at home in the marginalized world he wrote about. In 1869, an odd...
History
Each state had to figure out how the men at the front would submit their votes. Some...
George Washington convinced Congress to support a sweeping expansion of postal routes with greater scope and reliability....
Exploring the surprising and complex ways that ginger has played a role in preventing sickness through history....
Exploring a time when science emerged as a new way of gaining knowledge about the world. Introduction...
From ancient times different populations have adopted varying strategies to prevent and contain disease. By Dr. Gian...
The impact of the bubonic plague epidemics of the past still echoes across the centuries. Introduction The...
A warrior for every social justice movement of her day, Abzug stood on the front lines protesting...
After years of struggle, on Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the final state needed to ratify the...
She presided over Georgia’s greatest territorial expansion, taking advantage of the decline of other major powers in...
As the last Ptolemaic heir of Alexander the Great, she remained committed to his policy of cultural...
Like modern slavery, it was an abusive and degrading institution. Slavery in ancient Rome differed from its...
At the heart of Roman conceptions of citizenship was a covenant between the individual citizen and the...
Cassius Dio is best known for his 80-volume Roman History. Introduction Cassius Dio (c. 164 – c. 229/235...
The city’s monuments (and their ruins) are cues for memory, discourse, and discovery. Views of Rome The...
During the colonial era, laws related to the death penalty were primarily influenced by the European system....
The Great Depression of the 1930s was not the only one in America’s history. Traditional Sources of...
Fears of great wealth and the need for economic equality go back to the country’s origins. Introduction...
The young republic might have ceased to exist and may have become a mere footnote in the...
The American Revolution established the general outlines of the future Ordnance Department. By Karl RubisOrdnance Branch HistorianUnited...
Mysteries in general are very exciting as they have a way of letting our minds wander and...
They improved ways of doing things that influenced the Scientific Revolution in Europe centuries later. Introduction In...
Exploring how the Islamic faith quickly spread throughout Arabia and beyond. Introduction Muhammad was born around 570...
Saints were sometimes associated with protecting animals, particularly in magical texts or ‘charms’. St Francis of Assisi...
The earliest account of demon sex in Jewish and Christian traditions comes from the Book of Genesis....
In the early 1980s Elsie and Frances admitted that the photographs were faked. Introduction The Cottingley Fairies...
How a Kentucky grifter and his partner pulled off one of the era’s most spectacular scams –...
The resultant public mockery of the hoax created panic within the medical profession and ruined the careers...
The document’s validity had been contested since 1001 CE until finally proven to be a forgery. Introduction...
In 1800, postal officials began using selected post offices as distribution centers. 1808 Overview When we reflect...