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Benjamin Thomas White | History Workshop | 11th September 2025 Aerial archaeology is impossible to separate from its military and colonial heritage. One of its earliest practitioners, Antoine Poidebard, was a Jesuit priest and a French intelligence officer as well as an archaeologist. His photographs were instrumental in uncovering hitherto-unknown Roman remains in Syria, but they also informed the management of France's imperial frontier in Syria after WWI (1,500 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Elsie Morales | Cazadora | 28th August 2025 Over 100,000 years ago in the Kalahari, people were collecting crystals. Today, people collect everything from labubus to jigsaw pieces. Artists are especially prone to the habit: Joan Didion collected sea shells, Vladimir Nabokov collected butterflies, Joseph Cornell collected everything. Why? Many reasons, including childhood trauma, unquenchable curiosity, and the desire to express identity (2,800 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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