The cure for scurvy, forgotten ~humanities.history Article 5313 words, published Jul 13 2010 51 votes
The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing the country's past in extraordinary detail. ~humanities.history Article 3627 words 9 votes
The shipwrecks from John Franklin’s doomed arctic expedition were exactly where the Inuit said they would be ~humanities.history Article 15 votes
They don’t read very well: A study of the reading comprehension skills of English majors at two midwestern universities ~humanities.languages Article 5993 words 54 votes
The Viking Age is undergoing a revisionist transformation based on studies of artifacts and documents tying them to the Silk Road ~humanities.history Article 3731 words 18 votes
English is not normal. No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language. ~humanities.languages Article 3327 words 27 votes
Did the United States almost support Nazi Germany in World War II? (No) ~humanities.history Article 5287 words 10 votes
McCorry's Memoirs - Era 5: Blasts From the Past (1987-1992) ~humanities.history Article 62 481 words 2 votes
Stoicism’s appeal to the rich and powerful ~humanities.history Article 3625 words, published Mar 27 2019 23 votes
Antiqua et nova - Note on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence religion Article 9858 words 5 votes
An archeological revolution transforms our image of human freedoms ~humanities.history Article 3755 words 9 votes
How elite backlash to the populist reforms of the Gracchi brothers presaged the violent collapse of the Roman Republic ~humanities.history Article 3290 words 18 votes
The gossip trap - How civilization came to be and how social media is ending it ~humanities.history Article 8248 words 23 votes
A Man of Parts and Learning - The story behind a portrait of a black intellectual from the 1700s ~humanities.history Article 8053 words, published Nov 11 2024 5 votes
Dream logic: An essay on belief, superstition, and love religion philosophy Article 3060 words 7 votes
History is in the making - It's technology and ideas, not politics, that change our lives the most. History should reflect that. ~humanities.history Article 3123 words 10 votes
The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown ~humanities.history Article 4704 words 29 votes
I now think a heretical form of Christianity might be true religion philosophy.religious Article 3230 words 17 votes
Review: Fears of a Setting Sun, by Dennis C. Rasmussen ~humanities.history Article 4424 words 8 votes
We may be close to rediscovering thousands of texts that had been lost for millennia. Their contents may reshape how we understand the Ancient World. ~humanities.history Article 5723 words 41 votes
Review: South Africa's Brave New World, by R.W. Johnson ~humanities.history Article 4773 words 6 votes
The Circassian genocide, Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassians, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the Russo-Circassian War ~humanities.history Article 9547 words, published Apr 19 2023 26 votes
Inside Ziklag, the secret organization of wealthy Christians trying to sway the US election and change the country religion Article 3766 words 22 votes
Why are we here? On the philosophical possibilities of “cosmic purpose”. philosophy Article 6754 words, published Jan 19 2024 8 votes
Government without states (how to raise a tribal army in pre-Roman Europe, part II) ~humanities.history Article 5364 words 8 votes