Search
Search Results
Video
Gone Viking with Bill Arnott - the three-part Viking Travel Sagas!
Bill Arnott guides readers on this bestselling literary odyssey, following history’s most feared and misunderstood voyageurs - the Vikings! To “go viking” is to embark on an epic journey. For eight years Bill Arnott journeyed throughout...
Article
Dogs & Their Collars in the Age of Enlightenment
In medieval and Renaissance Europe, dogs were considered little more than 'machines' which performed certain tasks, such as guarding a home or tracking game, but this view changed significantly during the Age of Enlightenment (also known...
Article
Pizarro and Atahualpa: The Curse of the Lost Inca Gold
In November 1532 CE, Francisco Pizarro led a group of about 160 conquistadors into the Inca city of Cajamarca. The illiterate and illegitimate son of an Extremaduran nobleman and an impoverished woman, Pizarro had spent his entire life on...
Image
Eight-Dollar Continental Bill, 1775
An eight-dollar bill minted by the Continental Congress in 1775. Collection of the Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
Image
President Biden Signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Bill
President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, lawmakers, and guests, signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Bill on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. Official White House Photo by...
Image
Massachusetts Two Shilling Bill, 1741 CE
A bill worth two shillings, or a "2s", from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Collection of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.
Video
What's so special about Viking ships? - Jan Bill
Explore the history and technology of Viking longships, which helped the Scandinavians conquer trade routes and new territories. — As the Roman Empire flourished, Scandinavians had small settlements and no central government...
Image
Black Elk & Elk of the Oglala Lakota Sioux
Oglala Lakota Sioux nation citizens Black Elk & Elk in costume as grass dancers while performing with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in London, England, 1887.
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Image
Native American Bear Dance by George Catlin
Bear Dance, hand-colored lithograph by George Catlin, 1844.
Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, USA.
Image
Clovis Points
Clovis points made by hunter-gatherers. These were found at the Rummells-Maske Site, 13CD15, Cedar County, Iowa, and are now part of the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist collection.