A Buddha is seen as one who becomes awakened to the true nature of reality, and awakened...
History
What is this figurine and why was it so important to King Rama I (r. 1782-1809 CE)?...
The very first hack came in 1878 when a group of teenage boys, hired to run the...
McLuhan lives on today as the immortal saint of electronic culture. The 20th-century futurists were susceptible to...
On the 4th of July of 1870, a 1,200 mile race between two steamboats on the Mississippi...
Humans have been making art about horses longer than we have been riding them. Introduction From the...
In its most basic form, the writ of habeas corpus serves as the final chance a prisoner...
The notion of the state as a commonwealth in which the ruled as well as the ruler...
Plato’s Nomoi and the Book of Deuteronomy dealt intensively with the fissures between rich and poor within...
Elites feared falling into poverty and tried to keep the evil eye away with laughable figures. By...
In Greek and Roman mythology, a “palladium” was an image of great antiquity on which the safety...
The name of the new god in ordinary everyday parlance was pa Aton, “the Aton.” By Dr....
Exploring archery technology, the production of bone tools and ground stone tools, flintknapping, and prehistoric pottery. Overview...
2.6-million-year-old tools from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Introduction The appearance of simple stone tools, widely known as...
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound...
Prohibited from attending the white GIs, the women felt betrayed by the country they fought to serve....
Cane sugar was the source of oppression and bitter opposition before cotton became the symbol of American...
Exploring the first boycott against sugar made with slave labor in the West Indies. Introduction While many...
Two alternative conceptions of government – a republic and an oligarchy. By Friedrich Schiller18th-Century Philosopher and Historian...
Although a social hierarchy placed some in privileged positions, the code proscribed punishments applicable to all classes....
How politicians and the public in Denver, Colorado, handled the 1918 flu epidemic is relevant to today....
American fiction of the 19th century often featured a ghoulish figure, the cruel doctor, with unfeeling fascination...
The myth is likely related to a medical condition with symptoms that may explain many elements of...
Hippocrates used the “four humours” theory to explain the origins of these infections but understood the environment’s...
Given his positive reference to Genesis, Longinus has been assumed to be either a Hellenized Jew or...
Gorgias of Leontini transformed Greek rhetoric through ornate prose, paradox, and performance, showing how language could persuade,...
The many divisions among Christians led to a series of wars and persecutions. Introduction As Protestantism spread,...
The meaning and significance of devotion to the Holy Name remained open, malleable, and unstable. Introduction The...
A prayer book including ‘seals’ that offered supernatural protection. In addition to containing the daily cycle of...
Examining objects and material culture in ritual performances intended to heal, protect and transform the living and...