Toponymy and toponomastics are very significant branches of etymology and the onomastic sciences in general. They are interdisciplinary in nature, associating, among others, historical linguistics ...

Artist's interpretation of an ancient total solar eclipse. This illustration is based on artistic imagination and does not represent the exact appearance of the eclipse recorded in 709 BCE. An ...

Explore the history and geography of Las Vegas through its detailed map. This video examines the city's layout, key landmarks ...

Long belittled for their ignorance of foreign cultures—not to mention an inability to locate well-known countries on world maps—an increasing number of U.S. high school students are taking courses ...

Cornell's journal Indonesia is devoted to the timely study of Indonesia's cultures, history, government, economy, and society. It features original scholarly articles, interviews, translations, and ...

Rick: Ashley, do students need to learn “mere facts”? Twenty years ago, in a 2006 TIME Magazine cover story on “How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20 th Century,” the then-dean of Stanford University ...

The Mississippi Humanities Council honored a Jones College history and geography teacher as its 2026 Humanities Teacher of ...