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More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a simple, tailored linen dress, likely not realizing just how long it would stick around. The Tarkhan Dress, carbon-dated to 3482 to 3102 B.C., ...
After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...
The ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin built earthen mounds to grow crops. The site could be the largest ...
Brandeis Professor of Anthropology Jonathan Anjaria will co-lead new research under a $3.9 million grant from the Templeton ...
Field School opportunities change annually. The Anthropology Program maintains a file of current field school opportunities. Please contact the department for further information. The American ...
David Byrne has announced that 'Who Is the Sky?,' his first new album since 2018 will be released on Matador Records, with a ...
Ancient ridge fields in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula show how Indigenous Menominee communities practiced large-scale farming.
Auntie Mame” and “Marjorie Morningstar,” writes a historian, were set in a New York City where Jews were prospering, and antisemites were out of fashion.
At Concordia College, a $25,000 grant to help marginalized high school students has now been canceled. Organizers were told ...
From multipurpose utility garments to Instagrammable maxi dresses and floppy hats, one thing is for sure – we don't dress ...
The Penn Museum has been involved in archaeological research in Egypt for more than a century. Most of the material in the ...
To accompany the announcement, Byrne released the lead single “Everybody Laughs,” a kaleidoscopic and joyous capturing of ...