Clio the Ancient Muse of History

Clio was the Ancient muse of history, and this painting by the 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Moreelse has the saucy expression that comes from being a Time Lord (or Lady).

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Homo Erectus Cooking

Ancient History, History of Science / October 31, 2023 / history of food, pre-history

My science feeds are abuzz with the story behind an article published this month of November 2022 in _Nature Ecology & Evolution_ that redates a…

Ancient Roman Female Homosexuality

Ancient History / September 23, 2024 / art, history of race, history of sex, Rome, social history, women's history

In Rome during the first and second centuries, explicit evidence abounds about heterosexual desire for women, such as in the story of Europa, featured here…

Mikunka Savic, Serbian Warrior

Fabulous Females, Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 22, 2023 / military history

She looks wide-eyed in this picture to me, but Milunka Savic was the opposite of an ingenue. This 20th-century Serbian fought in the Balkan Wars…

Pallisades View

Ancient History, Live Reporting / October 9, 2023 / art

View of the Pallisades from the Medieval Cloisters at the New York Metropolitan Museum, where over 200 million years ago the supercontinent Pangea ripped apart.…

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