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What Did the Church of the East Leave Behind?

The Volcanoes and the Paintings

Window Into a Lost World

Remember, You Will Die

History’s Still Happening on the Acropolis

The Buddha Without the Buddha

Imagining American Animals

Precious Cargo

Kings vs. the King of the Jungle

The Case of the Ghostly Photographs

The Many Faces of Charlemagne

Why Don’t We Know Much About Ancient Persia?

The Persian Version

Faces of Death

Did the Earliest War Photography Tell the Truth?

China's Last Moments of Imperial Splendor

Welcome to Looking Through the Past

Curses!

A Whale of a Tale

The God of Ecstasy Through the Ages

Watching the Gladiators

When the World Ran on Bird Shit

The Brief But Spectacular Era of Balloon Mania

Is Chichen Itza Authentic? Does It Matter?

How Photography Helped to End Child Labor in America

The Global Journey of a Blood-Soaked Mother Goddess

The Controversial Priests Who Bridged East and West

The Second Age of Smoke

How Did the Romans Map Their Empire?

How Alexander the Great Influenced Indian Art

China’s Psychedelic Lost Caves

The Sports World Chooses Money Over Integrity

“From Today, Painting is Dead” — What the Invention of Photography Tells Us About AI

How Exotic Animals Became Political Pawns

The First Mug Shots

Americans Love Our Cars. Do They Love Us Back?

What is Substack’s Twitter Competitor For?

History’s Still Happening on the Acropolis

Making a Mockery of Meritocracy

The Future of AI Isn’t What You Think

How We Serve Our Creations

Algorithms and the Flattening of Desire

College Admissions Teaches Kids About America’s Shittiness