Salt has played a crucial role in the history of Greece. The salt used in antiquity likely came from the salt flats in ...

Were the Ancient Greeks racist? In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary ...

There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what historians know about slavery during those eras is horrific.

The course surveys slave labour-employing economies from a long-term and global perspective on the basis of the research literature and of primary source material. It covers the period from the fifth ...

Slavery was widespread in Central and South America for many years, and although, it is illegal, slavery still exists in many countries today. Prejudice, hatred, and racism are unfortunate side ...

Gerard Leval’s “What the Bible Says About Reparations” (Houses of Worship, Aug. 18) suggests that he thinks slavery is ancient history. On the contrary: I am 52 years old and am only the ...

Greek Slave became the most famous sculpture of the nineteenth century and propelled the artist, Hiram Powers (1805-73), to international stardom. The work was so provocatively lifelike that certain ...

“The Greek Slave” became arguably the most popular 19th-century sculpture by an American. It inspired poems by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and John Greenleaf Whittier.

And Plasmodium falciparum — a type of deadly malaria that is “one of the most problematic human pathogens known today,” Krause said — was spread by the slave trade.