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There have been many examples of pointed hats in history, but it remains unclear how any of them became a must-wear for the ...

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In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a grieving nation turned towards spiritualism in the hope of seeing the dead once ...

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

Explore how modern Britons sought signs of divine order in a collapsing world – from searching snails’ shells to eating moles ...

In a kingdom recently divided by faith, Elizabeth I’s government turned to espionage to defend the Protestant crown. This is how her spymasters built a culture of fear that reshaped England’s religiou ...

The gladiators of ancient Rome are nearly always imagined as figures of perfect physical presence. They’re popularly pictured as lean, muscular and bronzed from their bouts under the Mediterranean sun ...