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Erin Blakemore

The bombing of Hamburg foreshadowed the horrors of Hiroshima

23 July 2021. By Erin Blakemore

How gymnastics became a deeply beloved Olympic sport

20 July 2021. By Erin Blakemore

How the Rosetta Stone unlocked the secrets of ancient civilizations

17 July 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Inside the first Pride parade—a raucous protest for gay liberation

28 June 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Zapping: The boisterous protest tactic that ignited early LGBTQ activism

14 June 2021. By Erin Blakemore

The real story behind the infamous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty

28 April 2021. By Erin Blakemore

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'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt

9 April 2021. By Erin Blakemore

The lost age of women-only hotels

7 April 2021. By Erin Blakemore

How Queen Victoria remade the British monarchy

1 April 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Why suffragists wore white, and more feminist symbols interpreted

26 March 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Why Lunar New Year typically prompts the world’s largest annual migration

11 February 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Why this famed Anglo-Saxon ship burial was likely the last of its kind

1 February 2021. By Erin Blakemore

In a historic first, a U.S. president has been impeached twice. Here's what happens next.

14 January 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Calls to replace Trump via the 25th Amendment are growing. Here’s why it’s never happened before.

8 January 2021. By Erin Blakemore

The contentious history of U.S. presidential pardons—from the Whiskey Rebellion to Watergate

8 January 2021. By Erin Blakemore

Why historians disagree about the origins of Boxing Day, the post-Christmas British holiday

22 December 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Here’s what happens if there isn’t a winner on Election Day

4 November 2020. By Erin Blakemore

How the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been shaped by past empires

16 October 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Why Rosh Hashanah kicks off the Jewish New Year in the fall—not January

21 September 2020. By Erin Blakemore

Scientists raid DNA to explore Vikings’ genetic roots

17 September 2020. By Erin Blakemore