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What We Can Learn From Ancient Graffiti

The earliest graffiti of a person’s name on a monument has been identified ...

The earliest graffiti of a person’s name on a monument has been identified by the historian Lionel Casson in a cave at Wadi Hammamat in Egypt — the name of Hena, an official under Menutuhotep III in 2000 BC

The Free Russian Library and reading room, 15 Whitechapel Road, Stepney, London, circa 1901 (1901). The Free Russian Library provided Russian emigres living in London with access to Russian literature.

A Historic U.K. Law Was Passed After a Wave of Anti-Migrant Sentiment. Here's How It Shaped British Immigration Policy

The Aliens Act of 1905 created a new type of immigrant to the U.K. and a ne...

The Aliens Act of 1905 created a new type of immigrant to the U.K. and a new way of dealing with them

Entrance to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Undated photograph.

The Long Debate Over What Counts as a Concentration Camp

Even for Nazi camp survivors who sought to eradicate them, they were hard t...

Even for Nazi camp survivors who sought to eradicate them, they were hard to define

The three ages of man, 1500-1502, by Giorgione (1478-ca 1510), oil on canvas, 62x77 cm.

What the History of Beards Reveals About the Changing Meaning of Masculinity

The historian Christopher Oldstone-Moore identifies "four great beard movem...

The historian Christopher Oldstone-Moore identifies "four great beard movements" that punctuate history

A convoy of US warships escorted re-flagged Kuwaiti oil tankers through Iran-Iraq tanker war plagued waters of Persian Gulf in 1987

With Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz Once Again Under Threat, These Are the Lessons of the 1980s Tanker War

If tensions in the Persian Gulf lead to war, it will not be the first time

In this photo illustration an office worker views the UK Government's Petition website where over six million people have signed the Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU petition on April 1, 2019 in London

Where Brexit Fits in the Long British History of Petitioning Parliament

In the centuries before universal suffrage, petitioning was an indispensabl...

In the centuries before universal suffrage, petitioning was an indispensable tool to represent public opinion in the U.K.

A group of school boys dressed as Robin Hood hold up their bows, U.K. ca. 1920.

The Legend of Robin Hood Is Centuries Old—But the Way We Tell His Story Has Changed

Every generation has its own Robin, adapted to fit the needs of the time

History Today

What We Can Learn From Ancient Graffiti

A Historic U.K. Law Was Passed After a Wave of Anti-Migrant Sentiment. Here's How It Shaped British Immigration Policy

The Long Debate Over What Counts as a Concentration Camp

What the History of Beards Reveals About the Changing Meaning of Masculinity

With Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz Once Again Under Threat, These Are the Lessons of the 1980s Tanker War

Where Brexit Fits in the Long British History of Petitioning Parliament

The Legend of Robin Hood Is Centuries Old—But the Way We Tell His Story Has Changed

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