The Cushites: Race and Representation in the Hebrew Bible
The Cushites are mentioned 54 times in the Hebrew Bible. The texts are conscious of skin color but what mattered was the relationship with God.
The Sound and the Fury: The Passion for Chariot Racing in Imperial Rome
The Circus Maximus in Rome could have held as many as 250,000 spectators. The attraction of an edge-of-your-seat, high-speed spectacle is familiar, but the experience was much more
Coping with Ethnicity in Pharaonic Egypt
Ancient Egyptians had ambivalent attitudes towards foreigners. Most royal propaganda was negative, but the reality was quite different.