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A seated dark-haired woman in a sparkly pink dress sits with her chin on her hand in a pink room with disco balls of varying sizes scattered on the floor

Jennifer Wright on Mamie Fish, TikTok Tradwives and the Return of Gilded Excess

Wright draws a tidy line from Newport's grand soirees to the high gloss of today’s influencer culture, where attention still functions as currency.
By Jasmine Lobe

12 Must-Read Nonfiction Books That Are Unforgettably Feminist

Written by historians, memoirists and academics, these titles simultaneously frustrate and inspire hope.
By Hudson Warm
Napoleon’s bicorne hat displayed atop a marble mantel in a gilded Parisian interior, evoking the splendor of the First Empire.

Sotheby’s Paris to Auction an Intimate Inventory of Napoleon’s Reign

Pierre-Jean Chalençon's trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.
By Elisa Carollo
Image of a tall column standing in a park.

UNESCO Adds Five Constantin Brancusi Sculptures and the Appian Way to Its World Heritage List

By Elisa Carollo

‘A Gentleman in Moscow’: Ewan McGregor Trapped In a Hotel In This Fascinating, Epic Series

By Emily Zemler

The Last Pearl Diver in Qatar

By Jen Ruiz

Charlie English’s ‘The Gallery of Miracles and Madness’ Is a Necessary Read

By Ella Fox-Martens

Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom Gets a Nod From Google Doodle

By Helen Holmes
Alex Rodriguez in 'Screwball.'

‘Screwball’ Director Billy Corben on the Miami Doping Scandal That Nearly Killed A-Rod’s Career

By Brendan Bures
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation recommends more graphic novels, digital resources, videos and improved instruction methods and kits for kids and teachers, to help them learn.

Could Education Spending Stop Our History and Government Ignorance?

By John A. Tures
The Thanksgiving Turkey makes its way during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Here’s Why You Should Thank New Jersey for Thanksgiving

By Donald Scarinci
The Total Lunar Eclipse of July 16, 2000 was a very long total eclipse (1 hour 47 minutes) that won't be exceeded for over a thousand years.

A Brief History of the Blood Moon

By Amy Thompson
Floats make their way through the streets of Manhattan during the 1933 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

90 Years of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Photographs

By Kaitlyn Flannagan
Tuskegee Airmen and P-47.

African-Americans Fighting Fascism and Racism, From WWII to Charlottesville

By Matthew Delmont
We can put up statues while the rest of the country takes them down.

We Used to Put Statues Up, and We Still Can

By Joe Carr
This is a delusion. And like most delusions, things usually don’t end well.

A Brief History of Romantic Love and Why It Kind of Sucks

By Mark Manson
BMW i3 Spaghetti Car by artist Maurizio Cattelan sold for $117,562 at Leonardo DiCaprio's annual St. Tropez charity auction.

The Week in Auctions: Results From Leo’s Charity, War Posters and Marilyn Monroe

By Alanna Martinez
Wooden box crafted in Auschwitz by Polish prisoner Bronisław Czech, collection from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

For the First Time These Artifacts From Auschwitz Will Be Shown Around the World

By Sarah Fortinsky
Archaeologists working at the site.

Rediscovered Middle Ages Fort Reveals New Clues About Scotland’s Earliest Settlers

By Alanna Martinez
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Middle East’s First Natural History Museum to Open in Israel

By Alanna Martinez
A newly rediscovered photo from the National Archives is believed to picture Amelia Earhart and be the first substantial proof that she survived crashing in the Pacific.

Long-Lost National Archives Photo Revives Amelia Earhart Mystery

By Alanna Martinez
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer; Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers; Model D Pianoforte and Stools, 1884–87.

A Piano that Survived the Wrecking Ball Now a Time Machine to NY’s Gilded Age

By David D'Arcy
Adrienne Hynes, Assistant Curator National Museum of Scotland, with the 'lost' Ramsay portrait of Charles, the only image of him taken during his time in Scotland.

The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites You Won’t Get From ‘Outlander’

By Alanna Martinez
Archaeological draftsman Ralf Scherrer draws the layers of residue and earth at the Grosser Juedenhof (which literally means Large Jewish Courtyard) archaeological excavation site as archaeologist Anja Grothe takes notes on August 29, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The site, which was once a parking lot and is located in the city center adjacent to City Hall, contains foundations of houses dating back to the 17th century, though archaeolgists also hope to find remains of a synagogue and mikva dating back to the Middle Ages. Berlin is currrently hosting a series of exhibitions and other events ahead of its 775th anniversary, which the city will mark with a celebration scheduled for the end of October.

Demand for Archaeologists Is Higher Than Ever—So Why Aren’t More People Studying It?

By Alanna Martinez
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