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15 years ago I published my first article. It was about the Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i in Cairo, built in 1211 by Sultan al-Kamil, nephew of the great Saladin. Now

When you try to argue your robots aren't racist because you were inspired by a book first published in 1939 that argued that Europe went through a special and unique

I got medieval tonight and made maqloubeh! Maqloubeh literally means “upside down” in Arabic, and it’s a layered dish of fried vegetables and meat first attested in the 13th

*straps on armor*https://twitter.com/artcrimeprof/status/1300389218301235201 In case you hit the paywall, I have helpfully schreenshotted it, because I am the helpful sort

“Since this object apparently has no provenance prior to the 1980s, we can’t know anything about the context in which it was removed from its country of origin.”Our no-provenance provenance

Oops! Looks like someone hasn't read the UNESCO 1970 convention. Manuscripts are in fact explicitly protected, as are *cough* incunabula. Let's have a thread about provenance, UNESCO, and the priciest

Unless they want to deal in looted objects, collectors, dealers, and auction houses have to get serious about transparent #provenance. A few facts @Yael_Rice and I have gathered over the

My thread yesterday about Islamic responses to antiquity provoked lots of great conversation, so I thought I'd do a follow-up thread to clarify a few points. I'm grateful for people

"The hospital shall keep all patients, men and women, until they are completely recovered. All costs are to be borne by the hospital whether the people come from afar or

It’s hard to keep track of these obscure details I mean it’s not like one quarter of humanity is Muslim or *checks notes* oh waithttps://twitter.com/yael_rice/status/1248445945152450560 @nytimes: An earlier version of