The Historical Insights · Research Edition ◆ The 10 Rarest & Most Expensive Historical Artifacts Ever Sold at Auction From imperial Chinese porcelain to a postage stamp rarer than any jewel — the extraordinary stories and staggering prices behind history’s…
A World of Swashbucklers: Understanding the Real Pirates of the Caribbean Lively trade in the colonial port. Pirates have come to represent the Caribbean landscape, and images of swashbuckling adventurers and pirates with treasures and maps can easily come to…
Trade and Commerce in Ancient Civilizations: The Networks That Built the Ancient World What do seashells in the mountains and Mesopotamian seals in the Indus Valley have in common? They are indicators of one of humanity’s oldest and largest forces:…
