There is a mosque in Damascus called Masjid al-Qitat. “Qitat” means “cats” in Arabic. In 1267, it was donated under Islamic law as a charitable foundation established to protect cats ...
The skull known as M45, the earliest known case of head modification on record. It dates to about 12,000 years ago. Ancient people in China practiced human head-shaping about 12,000 ...
Writing in Santiago de Guatemala (present-day Antigua) in the second half of the sixteenth century, the conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo (ca. 1495-1584) recalled one of his early encounters with ...
Organizers founded the modern Olympic Games in 1896, and they hadn’t quite got the hang of things by 1904.
Commissioned by the great emperors Jahangir and Shahjahan, these works were meant for private enjoyment—images to be shared with delight by the imperial family and their close friends. These pictures ...
A notable detail from Alexander Morrison Stewart’s Camp, March and Battle-Field (1865): During the Battle of Malvern Hill, a terrified rabbit darted about the battlefield looking for safety until it ...
I recently read some studies written about the uniquely preserved (pickled?) body of Xin Zhui found in China. What do you think preserved her body so well? What was the ...
Looking to learn about the history of Anglo-Saxon England? Here is our playlist of Youtube videos about England between the fifth and eleventh centuries.
“A person of learning always has wealth on their own.”
“For about a month, people see tension. There is a state of unrest.”
Every year, two parishes in the Greek village of Vrontados wage a “war to keep the peace,” ...
