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The British crown is the only surviving European monarchy that retains a coronation.
a drawing of the Italian poet and court writer Christine de Pizan writing.
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Tiny drawings, such as knights riding snails, and random lines and squiggles were common in medieval books.
A Russian citizen being called up for duty.
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A historian looks back at the success – and failure – of mass mobilization efforts by Russia and the Soviet Union.
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For centuries fragments of one of the most important documents about early English theatre have been scattered around the world.
Stalagmites grow from the cave floor up as water drips down.
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As water dripped in a remote cave, it left behind evidence of every monsoon season for a millennium. Scientists say it holds a warning for a country about to become the most populous on Earth.
Western museums need to meaningfully come to terms with their colonial past and present to fulfil their role as places of knowledge.
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Western museums are beginning to re-evaluate how they portray cultures and history and return stolen artifacts. But for change to be meaningful, it needs to be truly inclusive.
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There have been three before him, none of whom are exactly the model for a successful reign.
Deportation of Tantura’s women and children, from Fureidis to Tulkarm, three weeks after the Israeli takeover. The documentary, Tantura, aims to shed light on the destruction of the Palestinian village in 1948.
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The documentary, Tantura, has raised difficult questions about the foundation of Israel and the Palestinian Nakba.
A new DNA method could help making it easier to date skeletons.
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DNA dating could complement radiocarbon technology to help make archaeology more accurate.
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Dragons have been used for political manoeuvring throughout the history of Britain.
Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association participate in a 1910 parade in Washington, D.C.
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The women’s rights movement in the 1800s did not openly support legalizing abortion or birth control. But the reasons why are complex.
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The new series is part of the expansive world created by J.R.R Tolkien across several books, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
An electric cab drives past the White House in Washington DC in 1905.
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Electric vehicles were around long before their fossil fuel rivals. They are also set to outlast them because of advantages their advocates noted as early as a century ago.
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Just like in Westeros, the fates of royal dynasties from history have been shaped by illness and affliction.
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This change comes after centuries of discrimination against illegitimacy.
Now a symbol of Japanese culture, the Kimono has Chinese roots.
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The Kimono is a distinct cultural symbol of Japan and for that reason, it has a complicated reputation around much of Asia.
‘Trucked Off to Brewarrina Mission’, Wanaaring 1938. 1 of 6 images by May Hunt. Photo first published in the New Dawn, January 1974. Originally incorrectly attributed to Ron Riley. This was included in the ‘Looking Through Windows’ exhibition courtesy of Harold Hunt and family.
Indigenous oral history is more than a methodology. It is living history, practised for thousands of millennia, intrinsically woven into Aboriginal people’s way of life and culture.
Streetscenes, Melbourne, 1950.
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Jay Carmichael’s novel explores how Australian same-sex attracted men lived during the repressive period after the end of the second world war. But does it impose present concerns on the past?
Workers harvesting crops in a Dutch East Indies’ plantation.
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Economic inequality during the Dutch East Indies era varied radically, depending on where you look. What made the income distribution different from one region to another?
National Library of Australia.
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There is not a single historian, publisher or archivist on the review panels whose feedback will help shape Australia’s new cultural policy