Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection

On whether there were ever lions in Egypt. Today, there are no lions roaming wild in north Africa, but evidence from anc... Read more

On Henry VIII and the Founding of the Church of England Minted at London in 1545, this medal shows a bust of Henry VIII,... Read more

On arranged marriages among royalty. How does porcelain represent a royal marriage? When Maria Amalia of Saxony married ... Read more

On Lawrence of Arabia and wearing Arab robes. T. E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia was infamous for his scruffy appeara... Read more

This travelling calendar carriage clock dates to 1747–1823. Why would such a clock need to have both lunar and sun time ... Read more

On Viginia Woolf's interpretation of Walter Sickert's painting of Ennui. Virginia Woolf, the famous author, wrote an es... Read more

On growing up and dying in ancient and modern populations. What can we learn about the lives of ancient populations and ... Read more

We still do not know why these stone balls were created. They date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, between 32... Read more

Are Eastern Art and Western Art basically the same, and what is painting for? On Édouard Manet, Cézanne and their simila... Read more

On what were people’s feelings about death and the dead in North Africa a thousand years ago? What does this tombstone t... Read more