#OTD in 1943 more than 200 British aircrafts bombed Turin with a mix of conventional and incendiary bombs. 792 people died and around 1000 were wounded that night. It was the worst attack of the more than 100 attack that the city suffered. #WarInItaly @histodons @militaryhistory
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1543, Kateryn Parr married Henry VIII, becoming his last wife (aka 'survived'). Named for his 1st wife (Katherine of Aragon), Kateryn was a fierce intellectual who, like her namesake, held her own as England's regent when Henry fought France in 1544 (just as KoA did in 1513). She also was a published author whose works are still included in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer today. Their marriage ended in 1547 with his death. #OTD#histodons@royalhistory@histodons
Giving a talk tomorrow, Jul 13 on #imperial history and contemporary #gentrification in the #Balkans at UniKonstanz. It will take place via Zoom (link below).
Do you want to know why certain historic buildings are restored, and what that has to do with rising rent? Are you interested in #Habsburg and #Ottoman cities? Do you care about post-industrial #urbanism? Come check it out!
(DE) Update Aserbaidschan: Wir haben begonnen, die zu untersuchenden Kurgane zu vermessen. Einge davon werden zum ersten Mal erforscht. Wir sind gespannt, was sie über soziale #Ungleichheit zwischen dem 4. und 1. Jt. v. Chr. aussagen!
(EN)Update #Azerbaijan: We started to survey the #kurgans to be examined. Some of these are being explored for the first time. We are curious what they will tell us about social #inequality between the 4th and 1st millennium BC! #archaeology@histodons @archaeodons
Türck, Verena, Beherrschter Raum und anerkannte Herrschaft: Friedrich I. Barbarossa und das Königreich (BurgundMittelalter-Forschungen 42), Ostfildern 2013.
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
Marble sculpture of #Hermes. After rediscovery in 1771 near #Rome, he was displayed at Lansdowne House in London. The sculpture's right leg and the palm tree originally came from a different ancient statue.
🏛️ Lansdowne Hermes, 2nd century CE Roman copy of a 4th century BCE Greek original, today in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
This magnificent helmet depicts winged youths grasping intertwined snakes. Other animals include panthers and lions. The helmet bears two inscriptions: a reference to Neopolis and “Synenitos, the son of Euklotas, took this object”.
"‘BASTION OF THE SUPER-RICH’: INSIDE A NEW YORK BILLIONAIRE’S PRIVATE MUSEUM" by Francesca Carington.
"It was Fleet Week in New York City, and something unusual was taking place on Billionaires’ Row. At 9 West 57th Street, an elegant black sloping skyscraper towering over the Plaza hotel and the half-dozen sailors congregated outside, 20 people were ushered into a small, glass-fronted gallery on the ground floor. A ferocious crimson Basquiat greeted them, along with a monochrome Kline and a serene Henry Moore – works collected by the building’s late owner, the real estate mogul Sheldon Solow.
There are plenty of examples of art foundations that work well as private museums, such as Glenstone in Washington DC, the Broad in LA and the Rubell museums in Miami and DC."