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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Canadian residential school for Inuit girls Quatr.us honors Orange Shirt Day, in remembrance of the Native American children who were forced away from their mothers and fathers and held in [...]
