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Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: How ancient people saw themselves

How ancient people saw themselves (worldhistory.substack.com)

217 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 141 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: How to Enter a City Like a King

How to Enter a City Like a King (worldhistory.substack.com)

69 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 63 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Plastic Before Plastic: How gutta-percha shaped the 19th century

Plastic Before Plastic: How gutta-percha shaped the 19th century (worldhistory.substack.com)

86 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 27 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: The King's Quarry: How Louis XVI Went from Hunter to Hunted

The King's Quarry: How Louis XVI Went from Hunter to Hunted (worldhistory.substack.com)

9 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 0 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: What were the earliest laws like?

What were the earliest laws like?(worldhistory.substack.com)

98 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 44 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: “There are people who can see and others who cannot even look”

“There are people who can see and others who cannot even look”(worldhistory.substack.com)

242 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 74 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: How a Forgotten Battle Created a More Peaceful World

How a Forgotten Battle Created a More Peaceful World (worldhistory.substack.com)

134 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 55 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Men's Weird Collections Inspired the Modern Museum: Cabinets of Curiosities

Men's Weird Collections Inspired the Modern Museum: Cabinets of Curiosities (worldhistory.substack.com)

31 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 10 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Battling the Blaze: Artifacts from the history of firefighting

Battling the Blaze: Artifacts from the history of firefighting (worldhistory.substack.com)

13 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 2 comments

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Imagining the Dinosaurs: How art, science combined to bring a lost world to life (worldhistory.substack.com)

11 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 1 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Time for a Change: The long, contentious history of time shifts

Time for a Change: The long, contentious history of time shifts (worldhistory.substack.com)

29 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 38 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: The Ancient Art of Color

The Ancient Art of Color (worldhistory.substack.com)

23 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 5 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage

Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage (worldhistory.substack.com)

92 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 77 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: The world of 1930s public health posters

The world of 1930s public health posters (worldhistory.substack.com)

64 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 20 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: The Myth of Bananaland

The Myth of Bananaland (worldhistory.substack.com)

143 points by crescit_eundo 1 year ago | 102 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Timekeeping Before Clocks

Timekeeping Before Clocks (worldhistory.substack.com)

120 points by orcul 2 years ago | 70 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: Faces of Death: Ancient Burial Masks, from Egypt to Peru

Faces of Death: Ancient Burial Masks, from Egypt to Peru (worldhistory.substack.com)

17 points by prismatic 3 years ago | 0 comments

Screenshot of worldhistory.substack.com: How were gladiators portrayed in ancient Rome?

How were gladiators portrayed in ancient Rome?(worldhistory.substack.com)

43 points by diodorus 3 years ago | 47 comments