Thirty-two dollars. That is roughly what a mid nineteenth century dental chair cost, and for that money...
Matthew McIntosh
Nearly four thousand years ago, a Babylonian king carved 282 laws into a stone pillar, and one...
In 238 CE, Rome’s Senate defied Maximinus Thrax, recognized the Gordians, and elected Pupienus and Balbinus. Victory...
A 1955 advice letter pitted love against financial security. Italian diaries complicate that choice, revealing how family...
At Dura-Europos on the Euphrates, Roman soldiers lived among diverse communities. Their doomed defenses preserved religious wall...
Americans looking for personal loans can now start the process online instead of visiting a branch. A...
Images of women making textiles meant more than daily labor in ancient Iberia. As household production expanded,...
With few garments surviving, portraits and dowry records reveal how imported fashions shaped women’s dress across 18th-century...
Chaucer’s Monk wears fine clothes and prizes hunting despite his vows. Martin Laidlaw reads his portrayal and...
The Canadian Museum of History traces the enslavement of Indigenous people and Africans in New France and...
Alpine singers inspired American folk-singing families, whose harmonies blackface troupes adapted in the 1840s. The borrowed style...
From the years before the Civil War onward, composers put baseball to music. Historic sheet music from...
National Archives photographs show African Americans serving in the military and supporting the war at home. This...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin captivated readers before the Civil War. Its changing reception reveals how an antislavery bestseller...
Elizabeth Richardson joined the American Red Cross in 1944 and served GIs from Clubmobiles overseas. Her letters...
Acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1974, the Anne Schofield Collection brings together about 1,000...
Florence dominates the familiar Renaissance story, but Bruges was a center of change north of the Alps....
Ordered by Emperor Hadrian in 122 CE, the wall stretched across northern Britain to control movement. Its...
The first American bail statute was written by people who had recently been thrown in debtors’ prison...
A rejection letter for a Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) claim lands hard, especially when an injury...
Air travel has changed a lot over the last ten years. A bigger seat, more room for...
Nowadays, for many people, getting ready for sleep is another activity that needs improvement, along with others....
Weight of equipment in a pack affects a hiker at every single step. Losing one pound from...
If your WorkCover claim gets turned down in Victoria, you have the right to challenge that decision....
The best starter racquet should have a big head size (100-110 sq. in.) and be light (270-...
When purchasing Pokémon single cards in Australia it is a direct way to get a card one...
The year was 1841. A Cincinnati confectioner named Charles Dickens did not exist, but a confectioner did,...
Long before the United States acknowledged weapons in orbit, Program 437 kept nuclear-armed Thor missiles on alert...
National Archives records reveal the people behind the Spanish-American War, from soldiers and sailors to USS Maine...
Most trips go wrong long before anyone boards a plane. They go wrong on a laptop at...