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An 1881 oil on canvas, Young Girl with a Stick (aka The Sheperdess), by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The girl's face reflects the colours of the leaves, flowers, and her own hat. The artist said of...

Civilian men and women digging defensive anti-tank ditches in Moscow. The Soviet capital was threatened during Operation Barbarossa, the attack by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on the USSR from June to December 1941.

The regal period largely coincides with the Archaic period, for Rome's development. Of course, a lot was going in what would develop into Rome before the famed foundation date of 753 BC (which was debated by ancient historians nevertheless...

The regal period largely coincides with the Archaic period, for Rome's development. Of course, a lot was going in what would develop into Rome before the famed foundation date of 753 BC (which was debated by ancient historians nevertheless...

Video on the Late Roman Republic produced by the American Institute for Roman Culture.

The Romans began building with local materials, wood, clay, and tuff (see Episode 3 for local materials and geology of the city). There are many sources from antiquity, but a good place to start is with the writings of Vitruvius (on architecture...

Video on the Roman Republic produced by the American Institute for Roman Culture.

Scotland's Orkney Islands are so dense with human artifacts that they've been called "the Egypt of the North." At the site of a colossal complex that predates Stonehenge, archaeologists have discovered Neolithic art, pottery, and several...

Chunkey (tchung-kee) is a Native American game involving a rolling disc (or ring) and two teams of players who score by throwing their sticks to land as close to the disc as possible. The game is thought to have originated at Cahokia c. 600...

The Girl Who Was the Ring is a Pawnee legend committed to writing by the anthropologist George Bird Grinnell (l. 1849-1938) in his work The Punishment of the Stingy and Other Indian Stories (1901). The story highlights the Native American...