Dried plants 19th-century Australian colonial institution indicate secret, illicit snacking among residents
Analysis of dried plants from a colonial institution in 19th-century Australia reveals many foodstuffs that do not appear in ...
Bay Area bookstore chain born in the mid-19th Century goes bankrupt
A Bay Area bookseller whose roots stretch back to the mid-19th Century has filed for bankruptcy, saying its in-store sales ...
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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...
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Rare 19th-century Quran donated to Wolfenbüttel’s Green Mosque
A historic Quran, handwritten by Seyyid Süleyman Vehbi Efendi in the 19th century, has been donated to the Green Mosque in ...
Did Hilma af Klint draw inspiration from 19th century physics?
Af Klint was formally trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and initially focused on drawing, portraits, botanical ...
Donald Trump Inauguration Full Recap: Behind the Historic White House Transition
A historic transition of power unlike any since the 19th century unfolded throughout Monday, Jan. 20, as President Donald ...
'A dark page': Why were remains of 19th-century train station in Kyushu not preserved?
Remnants discovered of a train station built in the late 19th century in the southwest Japan city of Kitakyushu, originally ...
Beyond Evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace’s critique of the 19th century world
Modern historians and scientists hail Wallace as one of the bravest figures of the 19th century. He possessed enough physical ...
See inside Chile's ghost town where 'white gold' drew thousands of miners in the early 19th century
Miners once lived and worked in Humberstone saltpeter works. Now it's a ghost town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photos ...
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Lost opera from New Orleans-born Black composer will premiere 138 years after completion
New Orleanians Givonna Joseph and Patrick Quigley were guests of honor Wednesday at a small gathering on Manhattan’s Upper ...
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The academy needs better theologies of cooking
Any theology of cooking that is worth engaging ought to start from a place of understanding the wisdom and limitations of ...
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See inside Chile's ghost town where 'white gold' drew thousands of miners in the early 19th century
The workers came from Chile ... to the rest of the world. By the end of the 19th century, nitrate railways connected the region's mines to port cities so saltpeter could be shipped all over ...