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October 17, 2011
in Ancient History, Environmental Studies, European History, Science

Lest We Forget: Burials and Beliefs Between the Oceans (and Other Snappy Titles)

October 17, 2011
in Ancient History, Environmental Studies, European History, Science

Follow @yaleSCIbooks Sarah Underwood— A thousand years from now, casual readers of history probably will not see too much distinction between the people of 1890 and those of 1990. I wonder if they will look at the giant stone angels of Victorian graves and assume that our generations wore black

July 19, 2010
in Current Affairs

Unearthing New York

July 19, 2010
in Current Affairs

Last week, workers excavating the future World Trade Center site made an astonishing discovery: the remains of an eighteenth-century wooden ship, presumably buried as landfill two hundred years ago. If you aren’t already familiar with the story, read the account from the New York Times here. Has this left you