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 ...

An international team of researchers has used knowledge of historical geography to reexamine the earliest datable total solar eclipse record known to the scientific community, enabling accurate ...

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 ...

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 ...

A freshman seminar in Historical Geography connected with Social Sciences 1 has been proposed by the Department of History for the spring term. Andrew G. Jameson, instructor in History, will teach the ...

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

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

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 ...