Archive - Looking Through the Past

Plumage and Plunder

Humanity's disastrous craze for feathered hats

Apr 14 •

San Francisco, 1906

The day before -- and the decade after -- the earthquake

Apr 7 •

March 2024

The Terror, Beauty, and Community of Eclipses

3,000 years of fascination with the disappearing sun

Mar 31 •

Who Were the "Barbarians?"

Depictions of foreigners in Greek and Roman art

Mar 24 •

Isthmus Be the Place

The Panama Canal, from dream to reality

Mar 17 •

To Resist a Fall: the Strange History of the Parachute

Three centuries of floating toward the ground

Mar 10 •

The Fighter Still Remains

Ancient boxing and its modern revival

Mar 3 •

February 2024

Shocking, Just Shocking

A compendium of strange experiments with electricity

Feb 25 •

A city in political, cultural, and artistic ferment at the dawn of the Belle Époque

Feb 18 •

WWII Propaganda: From Tempting Vixens to Adorable Bears

Beyond Rosie the Riveter

Feb 11 •

An Ancient Crossroads of Culture

The Parthians were more than rivals to Rome

Feb 4 •

January 2024

Fancy Hats for Fancy People

A history of the crown

Jan 28 •

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