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.

Notice of a slave auction-- Charleston, South Carolina, 1769
06/17/2026

Notice of a slave auction-- Charleston, South Carolina, 1769

Jade Mayan Greenstone Figure300 CE to 900 CEHonduras
06/17/2026

Jade Mayan Greenstone Figure
300 CE to 900 CE
Honduras

Shamanic amulet: Thule Whale. Place of origin: Alaska. Culture: Thule. 17th century.
06/17/2026

Shamanic amulet: Thule Whale. Place of origin: Alaska. Culture: Thule. 17th century.

Toltec Plumbate Vessel in the Form of a Hunchback1000 CE to 1200 CEPlumbateSoconusco, Guatemala
06/13/2026

Toltec Plumbate Vessel in the Form of a Hunchback
1000 CE to 1200 CE
Plumbate
Soconusco, Guatemala

The ancient Elamites believed in an afterlife. After death, an individual embarked on a journey accompanied by the gods ...
06/13/2026

The ancient Elamites believed in an afterlife. After death, an individual embarked on a journey accompanied by the gods Ishnikarab & Lagamal, to eventually be weighed & judged by Inshushinak. The Elamite afterlife was a place of darkness, misery & adversity, without food or water.

Pre-Columbian masks from Central/South America.
06/13/2026

Pre-Columbian masks from Central/South America.

Remembering civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered in Jackson, Mississippi on this day in 1963.1925-1963
06/12/2026

Remembering civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered in Jackson, Mississippi on this day in 1963.

1925-1963

Caraboid of hedgehog. Period: Egyptian Late Period, Dynasty 25–30. Date: c. 760–332 BCE.
06/12/2026

Caraboid of hedgehog. Period: Egyptian Late Period, Dynasty 25–30. Date: c. 760–332 BCE.

06/12/2026

Historical Jesus: Scholars depict Jesus as a short-haired, olive-skinned Galilean craftsman, unlike common European-inspired images. Artistic evolution: Roman and later European art recast Jesus with divine symbolism, long hair, and light skin to reflect cultural ideals. Modern shift: The LDS Church...

This 1790 act set the new nation's naturalization procedures. It limited access to U.S. citizenship to white immigrants—...
06/11/2026

This 1790 act set the new nation's naturalization procedures. It limited access to U.S. citizenship to white immigrants—in effect, to people from Western Europe—who had resided in the U.S. at least two years and their children under 21 years of age. It also granted citizenship to children born abroad to U.S. citizens.
This act reveals one of the deepest ambiguities in American citizenship. In requiring a period of residence prior to naturalization, members of Congress emphasized that foreigners should spend sufficient time in the United States to appreciate American democracy; Congress viewed America as a school for equality and democracy. But by preventing foreign-born people of color from becoming citizens, the act established that American citizenship contained its own aristocracy, that of race.

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