History
Feet chained and dressed in rags, these Pompeii residents lived in a ‘bakery-prison’
The newly excavated bakery-prison consists of a cramped space where donkeys and enslaved people lived, slept and worked together, milling flour to make bread.
- by Elisabetta Povoledo
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Putting women on a pedestal: Melbourne to erect Vida Goldstein statue
The City of Melbourne will commission and erect a statue of the first woman to run for parliament in Australia as the city pushes to redress its statue gender imbalance.
- by Cara Waters
‘I will get you’: Were these men framed by corrupt police?
Two men say they were framed by corrupt NSW Police; one says he was bashed. Decades later, they meet again to address what they say is a miscarriage of justice.
- by Jordan Baker
Italy refuses German museum’s request for ‘Aryan’ statue admired by Hitler
The Discobolus Palombara is a 2nd-century Roman copy of a long-lost Greek bronze original. Hitler was captivated by the statue during a visit to Rome in 1938.
An alleged bomb plot, a suspected spy, and a likely miscarriage of justice
Six men were convicted and jailed in 1981 over an alleged plot to bomb a string of Sydney locations and water supply sites. But did they do it?
- by Michaela Whitbourn
King Charles’ Greek flag tie raises eyebrows amid Elgin Marbles spat
Earlier this week, British PM Rishi Sunak abruptly cancelled a meeting with the Greek PM after his counterpart called again for the return of the sculptures.
- by Alex Wickham
Opinion
World politics
Henry Kissinger: The cowboy who ‘always acted alone’
He disapproved of the West’s courting of Ukraine. But when Putin did invade, he switched to advocating Ukrainian membership of Nato – for Kyiv, it turns out, has a pretty good army.
- by Tim Stanley
These photos show how Sydney has evolved and in some cases, disappeared
Nathan Mete has always been interested in photographs of old Sydney. He began scrolling through the city’s public archives.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
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There is too much fiction in historical drama. And that’s a fact
High-end dramas are embellishing the past but low-end politicians are also keen to write their own history, even as it happens.
- by Nick Bryant
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James Cook
Museum presents new claims for Endeavour shipwreck
New evidence has emerged supporting the controversial claim that explorer Captain Cook’s ship HMB Endeavour was shipwrecked off the US coastline.
- by Tim Barlass
Christians worry land deal could shrink Armenians’ ancient presence in Jerusalem
The Armenian community says the investor behind the land lease deal is an Australian-Israeli businessman Danny Rubinstein, who owns a company registered in the United Arab Emirates.
- by Crispian Balmer