Stories by benbreen

Thunderbird and Whale

Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis

A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words (1860)

Electoral graffiti found inside Pompeii house

Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude

The short life of New York City’s first skyscraper

Was There a Qing Administrative Revolution?

A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

Kikkuli: Why do some people from the distant past become memes?

A mystery species was discovered in trafficked pangolin scales

The year Lou Reed gave up on music

Guide to searching and annotating text on maps

Historical maps probably helped cause World War I

On Being the Right Size (1926) [pdf]

The Destroyed Libraries of Louvain (2012)

The industrial quasi-revolution of Song dynasty China

Historical Objects: The Bees of Childeric I

Scent of the afterlife? Scientists recreate recipe for Egyptian mummy balm

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