How a symbolic climb changed two men. This is the story of one of the tallest volcanoes...
History
How ancient emperors used oratory, ceremony, and triumphal architecture to memorialize their fallen enemies. Introduction Damnatio memoriae,...
Many emperors were raised to gods after death, but just as many received the opposite – officially...
The issue that started the 1877 affair was not police brutality and institutional racism but economic inequality....
The use of federal troops in a law enforcement role has a twisted and often anti-working class...
They had sophisticated medical treatments at their fingertips – from preventative hygiene to prosthetics. Introduction The conventional...
How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love,...
Tutor and advisor to Nero, he was ordered to commit suicide – by Nero. Introduction Lucius Annaeus...
Roman artists copied, imitated, and innovated to produce art on a grand scale. Introduction The Romans controlled...
Have you ever looked at your bed and wondered how beds have evolved over the years? Chances...
The theater covered such diverse themes as history, romance, revenge, murder, comedy, and tragedy. Introduction Elizabethan theatre,...
In renaissance Italy, displays of grief were expected to be moderated. Why Mourning Matters A life-size, terracotta...
Women have always been artists, even famed artists. So why were many forgotten? Recovering Forgotten Masters When...
Internal virtues, including gender characteristics, were believed to be communicated through outward appearance. Ideal Representative of Masculinity...
They were founded in 1113 CE with the full name of ‘Knights of the Order of the...
Byzantine texts interpreted the domed church as a microcosm – a three-dimensional image of the cosmos. Ecstatic...
Claudette was arrested at the age of 15, nine months before Rosa Parks refused to yield her...
The “40 acres and a mule” promised to formerly enslaved Africans never came to pass. Introduction Underlying...
Traditional narratives of Europe as the center of history and culture and myths of discovery are addressed...
The initial prosperity of the Chimú was largely due to their agricultural skills as they built an...
If King Arthur existed at all, we will probably never know the truth about what he was...
He is known for his participation in the Olympic Games and his attempt to expand his kingdom...
The German Resistance movement consisted of several disparate strands that were ultimately unable to bring Hitler down....
The author is led to his ancestral shtetl and the extermination of its inhabitants by Nazi bullets...
Typically the key “privilege” was that only guild members were allowed to sell their goods or practice...
Guilds secured the monopoly and the commerce of the cities, controlling the various activities and selling all...
The ancient Egyptians believed that, if one adhered to ma’at, one would live a harmonious existence. Introduction...
Rulers used law codes either to justify their rule or to demonstrate examples of justice and due...
Literary being is beyond our control: maybe in this, and only in this, does it coincide with...
‘How should a person be?’ A novel was published in 2012 by a Canadian writer called Sheila...