Egyptians believed gold was the colour of the gods and gilding the dead expressed the idea that they acquired divine qualities in the afterlife.
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In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis assumed power. Disabled people were the first Holocaust victims; Nazi programs discriminated against and murdered them.
Over 100 life stories of Holocaust survivors have been published through a Holocaust survivors’ memoir program. Listening to survivors narrate their stories is a powerful learning experience.
Current discussions about ‘homelessness’ have echoes of the past treatment of vagrants. New historical research tells us more about the lives of people during periods of social and economic hardship.
News reports about accidents can deliver important moral lessons and remind us to value life.
With the disastrous effects of climate change already upon us, past events may have lessons for the future.
The word ‘queer’ has a history as a widely used and respectful term in the LGBTIQA+ community, as well as being a slur.
It’s been 200 years since the discovery of one of the oldest human burial sites in western Europe on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
Britain may have ditched the Roman calendar in 1752 but Cwm Gwaun continues to cling on to its old traditions.
Speculums can be painful and invasive for many women.
Clowns and jesters have positively contributed to society for centuries.
Would it lessen the ‘Australianness’ of the 20th century pub if we understood the ‘lavatory’ tiles in a broader context?
The story of Martin Luther starting the tradition is a myth; the real story started 350 years later – and presents were popularised by savvy booksellers.
Turkey has never resembled an autocracy as much as it does today. A new history examines its slide into illiberalism.
The jewellery and human remains discovered at a recent excavation in Northamptonshire shed light on the elite position of some newly-Christian women in seventh century England.
Closing racist exhibitions is a good step, but it doesn’t go far enough to decolonise our museums – an expert explains.
From Madame de Pompadour to punks and pussy protest hats, pink has always been the colour of choice for those who dare to make a statement.
The extraordinary Chinese writing system has over 4,000 core complex characters – and they’ve been getting more complex over time.
Recipes inspired by the social scene of 1800s London or which made their first appearance in a Dickens novel.
From plane stairs that lead nowhere to paintings of empty towns, these artists depict the experience of Albanian immigrants.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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