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Juneteenth is an annual event celebrating the end of chattel slavery in the United States in commemorating the issuance of General Order No. 3 (which included the line "all slaves are free") in Galveston, Texas on 19 June 1865. In 2021, Juneteenth...

The celebration of Juneteenth – originally known as "Freedom Day" – began on 1 January 1866 in Texas and, since then, a number of myths have grown up around the event it commemorates: the issuance of General Order No. 3 in Galveston Texas...

The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (2000 BCE – 1700 BCE) saw the start of more formal writing which included religious scripts, administrative notes, and more in-depth fictional writing. One of the most iconic pieces of writing to come out...

One of Aristotle's more famous quotes was, "All men naturally desire knowledge" ("πάντες ἄνθρωποι τοὺ εἰδέναι ὀρὲγονται φύσει") (Aristotle, Metaphysics, 1.980a.22). As a classical Greek philosopher, an ideology like this is required for producing...

Let's get Heroic with Mike Rugnetta. This week on Crash Course World Mythology, we're talking about the Hero's Journey and the Monomyth, as described by Joseph Campbell. Campbell's theories about the shared qualities of human story telling...

A stained glass window depicting the coat of arms of Henry II of England (r. 1154 - 1189 CE). From the Guildhall in Derry, Northern Ireland. The window was was manufactured by Campbell Brothers in Belfast on behalf of the Worshipful Company...

A map of the Hittite Empire and surrounding states, including the Assyrian Empire, the Egyptian Empire, and Ahhiyawa. This map is an extract from the book Empires of Bronze by Gordon Doherty, republished with permission.

A beautiful series of windows depicting the Genesis account of Creation in the church of Christ the King, Gordon Square in London.

A map of the Hittite realm, as depicted in the novel Empires of Bronze by Gordon Doherty. Republished with permission.

Illustration from the book, Moko or Maori Tattooing with Illustrations, by Horatio Gordon Robley (1840 - 1930 CE). The illustration is from p.51 and the book was published in 1896 CE.