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The standard drink was far more likely to be ale.
The University of Colorado Law School had never done a history of its Black students – until now.
Not all early 20th century Jewish immigrants to South Africa were commercially successful.
The decades-long search for Amelia Earhart, her aircraft, and her navigator Fred Noonan, has been both controversial and costly.
Irreversible damage was done to the pharaoh’s body.
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
The 76ers celebrate the 25th anniversary of an iconic team that lost the championship but captured the heart of the city.
The history of sound is never confined to a single place. It can emerge from evolving encounters or the creativity of local communities.
A new comprehensive map reveals the true scale of the ancient Roman road network – but it is still incomplete.
In the 1900s, a growing number of boys aged over 16 were sent to Les Douaires in Normandy. Rumours spread of frequent sexual interactions between detained boys.
At the end of World War II, many Nazi war criminals fled to Australia. A new book tells the stories of the investigators who tried to bring them to justice.
Cylinder seals were intimately tied to their owner, showcasing their identity, beliefs and social status.
Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased.
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped human history.
The broadcasting history preserved by the WAC features innumerable strands of our social, political and cultural histories.
US farmers grow over 1 billion pounds of pumpkin each year.
The National Army Museum in London has recently identified the likely subject of a portrait of a black soldier in its collection as Private Thomas James.
Much of the immediate reaction to the audacious theft has concentrated on the Louvre’s security problems, rather than on the jewels themselves.
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Professor of History, Australian Catholic University
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Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
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IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University
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Francesco Perono Cacciafoco is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Linguistics, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University