Martín de Alarcón: The Forgotten Founder of San Antonio
Martín de Alarcón, a Spanish sailor, thrived in the world of the Spanish military. The Spanish crown appointed him to protect the country in…
Bilingual Education in the Edgewood District for the Past 50 Years
In late-March 1969, professors, activists, School Board members, and education experts flocked to a room at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas on…
Oracle Bones: Writing Begins with a Mystery
The Shang Dynasty was born in 1550 B.C.E. after the fall of the Xia Dynasty. A ritual was created during the latter part of…
The Mysterious Hanging Gardens of Babylon
In 225 B.C.E., the Greek writer Philo of Byzantium wrote On The Seven Wonders, and this early literary work highlighted the greatest man-made entities at the…