Halloween
Pumpkins growing It's the last week of October, so it must be time to look at the history of Halloween! We take a look in this article at many different [...]
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10, 2020
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10, 2020
Vintage Egyptology and racism
British colonialist in a litter carried by local men Another great blog post today by Sarah Bond, Katherine Blouin, and Monica Hanna: there's nothing neutral or apolitical about archaeologists wearing [...]
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10, 2020
How we use time to oppress others
Timeline showing BC and AD dates A history blog naturally spends a lot of time thinking about time: how do we break up time into blocks? Does it make sense [...]
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10, 2020
World Maths Day
Math book (Babylon, about 2000 BC) (If you're American, the rest of the English-speaking world calls the subject "Maths" - only Americans say "Math class") Today is world maths day, [...]
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10, 2020
Indigenous People’s Day: October 12th
Shoshone painting of Native men hunting buffalo(ca. 1900 AD, now in Brooklyn Museum) For Indigenous People's Day, here's a list of all our Native Americans articles. They're divided into four [...]
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10, 2020
On this day: Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Lepanto in 1571 On October 7th, 1571, the combined fleets of Spain and Venice destroyed the Ottoman Empire's navy at the Battle of Lepanto. Early Modern Spain and [...]
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10, 2020
On this day: Nez Perce surrender to US Army
Chief Joseph, about 1880 AD On October 5th, 1877, the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph surrendered his people to the United States Army and agreed to move to a [...]
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10, 2020
New lights on the Acropolis
The Parthenon painted in colors The Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens just unveiled a new lighting system, which you can admire here: Acropolis light show video To join in [...]
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10, 2020
National Poetry Day
Phillis Wheatley Peters For National Poetry Day, here's a collection of our articles about poets. I've also taken the occasion to rename the African-American poet Phillis Wheatley using the name [...]
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10, 2020
When sewing needles were high tech
I've got a new (academic) blog post up over on Alexandra Makin's site on Early Medieval (mostly) Textiles: When Sewing Needles were high tech: Women and Work in the Early Middle Ages [...]
