Dubbed “violent chancers” by historian Guy Halsall, they seized abandoned land and valuable resources such as tar, furs and iron for weapons. They developed multiple, competing chiefdoms which they ...

One of the famous brothels in ancient Pompeii was called the Lupanare (Latin for wolf’s den). Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this was a two-story building built just years before the destruction of ...

The Transatlantic Slave Trade is not just Black history—it is American history, and Black Americans lived it. Their ancestors were violently torn from their homes, forced into brutal labor, and ...

A new history challenges the myth that business was “just for men” by uncovering the forgotten stories of powerful female ...

A life-sized bronze memorial, "Our Ancestors Come With Us," has been unveiled in Bristol, Rhode Island, acknowledging the town's role in the transatlantic slave trade. The memorial, created by RISD ...

A relief depicting a row of captives, carved into the Sun Temple at Abu Simbel in Egypt. Richard Maschmeyer/ Design Pics via Getty Images As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean ...