April 16, 2021
The Rest Is History
Ancient coronavirus, giraffe-like necks, and medieval dog jobs.
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April 13, 2021
In the Beginning, There Were Taxes
On the historical inevitability of paying the government.
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April 12, 2021
Why Honor Them?
In the decades after the Civil War, Black Americans warned of the dangers of Confederate monuments.
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April 09, 2021
The Rest Is History
Traveling beads, anachronistic dramas, and medieval pottery fragments.
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April 07, 2021
Fit for a Queen
On the last hurrah of Queen Victoria and the British empire.
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April 02, 2021
The Rest is History
The vaccination selfie, tipping, and a handful of coins.
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March 31, 2021
Revisiting the Dead
Could Staten Island’s memorials to those lost to nineteenth-century epidemics tell us how the Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered?
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.