Author Says a Whole Culture—Not a Single “Homer”—Wrote “Iliad,” “Odyssey”
Source: National Geographic
The tale of the Trojan War reached 21st-century readers largely through the oral tradition. Learn about its source and why it still matters today.
History
City of Verona
Source: United Nations
The Italian city that serves as the setting of Romeo & Juliet’s tragic tale has a remarkable heritage dating back to prehistoric times.
Lascaux
Take a virtual tour of the Lascaux cave in France. See how prehistoric cave dwellers made their voices heard in their art.
100 years ago, ‘The Rite of Spring’ incited a riot in a Paris theater
Source: The Verge
The years just before World War I marked a turning point in the arts, a shift from the romantic to the modern. Learn how a groundbreaking ballet’s modernity shocked and angered the audience at its premier.
Large Abelisaurus dinosaur footprint found in Bolivia
Source: BBC
This is the latest dinosaur discovery! Found in Bolivia, a footprint measuring over a meter across is believed to have belonged to one of the largest dinosaurs to roam the Earth 60 to 80 million years ago.
Why President? How The U.S. Named Its Leader
Source: NPR
This radio piece covers the disagreement the Senate and House of Representatives had in 1789 about how to refer to the United States’ newly-elected leader.
Compromise of 1877
Source: HISTORY
The Compromise of 1877 effectively ended Reconstruction, handing control of the last Republican-held southern states back to the Democrats. Read about what led to the compromise and its effects.
There Is Nothing Accidental About School Segregation
Source: Slate
Reporter Jake Blumgart talks to Matt Delmont, author of Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation, about the history of segregation and desegregation of public schools.
Rare Walt Whitman letter, written for a dying soldier, found in National Archives
Source: The Washington Post
During the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman made a habit of visiting sick and wounded soldiers in hospitals. Read to find out how a volunteer at the National Archives recently discovered a letter written by the poet on behalf of a dying Union soldier.
Researchers say Anne Frank perished earlier than thought
Source: CNN
In 2015, researchers at the Anne Frank House took a close look at the end of Anne’s life at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. This article explains how they discovered that Anne died at least a month earlier than the date that had previously been determined.