American Institute of the Humanities

American Institute of the Humanities Home-Study Degree and Online Programs in American History and Ancient Civilizations

The American Institute of the Humanities offers a comprehensive educational overview of the history of the Americas and of ancient civilizations.

Lower Manhattan, 1660 (on the right side is an earthen wall, built to protect the Dutch from English colonists and nativ...
09/02/2026

Lower Manhattan, 1660 (on the right side is an earthen wall, built to protect the Dutch from English colonists and native Americans, hence the name 'Wall Street.'

Today in 31 BCE-- During the naval Battle of Actium, forces led by Octavian defeat Antony and his lover Queen Cleopatra ...
09/02/2026

Today in 31 BCE-- During the naval Battle of Actium, forces led by Octavian defeat Antony and his lover Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. The battle occurred during the Final War of the Roman Republic.

Door of Luxor...
08/31/2026

Door of Luxor...

On this day in 1888-- Jack the Ripper’s first victim found in Whitechapel
08/31/2026

On this day in 1888-- Jack the Ripper’s first victim found in Whitechapel

Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk in Mesopotamia best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c. 2150 - 1400 B...
08/31/2026

Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk in Mesopotamia best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c. 2150 - 1400 BCE) the great Sumerian/Babylonian poetic work which pre-dates Homer's writing by 1500 years.

This clay tablet (2000 BCE), Sumerians documented planning of building a house according to precise geometry and mathema...
08/31/2026

This clay tablet (2000 BCE), Sumerians documented planning of building a house according to precise geometry and mathematical calculations in one of cities of Sumer in ancient Iraq.

14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered today in 1955
08/28/2026

14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered today in 1955

Map of Greek Mythology. Illustration: Hazel Newlevant.
08/28/2026

Map of Greek Mythology. Illustration: Hazel Newlevant.

Today in 1963...Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte at the March on Washington
08/28/2026

Today in 1963...Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte at the March on Washington

Would you have guessed that this spiral specimen is fossilized fish teeth? It belongs to Helicoprion, or “spiral saw.” H...
08/28/2026

Would you have guessed that this spiral specimen is fossilized fish teeth? It belongs to Helicoprion, or “spiral saw.” Helicoprion had an unusual tooth arrangement in the middle of the lower jaw, where teeth were retained instead of falling out!

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