Ellen Wexler
Assistant Digital Editor at Smithsonian
Assistant digital editor, humanities @SmithsonianMag // previously @MomentMagazine
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smithsonianmag.com | Ellen Wexler
Mount Vesuvius’ eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show that one of them is a philosophical text called “On Vice” In the 1750s, an Italian farmer digging a well stumbled upon a lavish villa in the ruins of Herculaneum. Inside was a sprawling library with hundreds of scrolls, untouched since Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. Some of them were still neatly tucked away on the shelves.
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flipboard.com | Ellen Wexler
7 hours agoThis Manhattan apartment and studio is a shrine to artThis downtown apartment couldn’t belong to anyone other than a New York artist. The space was imagined by local interior design studio Ries Hayes, comprising a studio on the ground level and the artist’s private residence above.
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4 weeks ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Ellen Wexler
When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who preceded him may offer insight into his approach to the papacy About two weeks after Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, the conclave to elect his successor began inside the Sistine Chapel. The 133 cardinals gathered inside reached their decision after two days of deliberations.
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1 month ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Ellen Wexler
Women Who Shaped History A Smithsonian magazine special report The Six Triple Eight cleared a years-long backlog of mail in just three months. Eighty years later, the unit is finally getting the recognition it deserves When Congress voted to bestow its highest honor on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in 2022, only six members of the 855-person World War II unit were still alive.
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1 month ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Ellen Wexler
Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the countryside, spreading the alarm on April 18, 1775 Hours before the first shots of the American Revolution rang out, 700 British soldiers stationed in Boston mobilized under cover of darkness, hoping to stop the war in its tracks.
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Paul Revere was immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‘s famous poem, but he wasn’t the only midnight rider on April 18, 1775 https://t.co/So6qsQwbGo
Flannery O'Connor believed that writing fiction was a "plunge into reality," rather than an escape from it. Today marks her 100th birthday. I wrote about why her unflinching vision still resonates https://t.co/37b8MB76rm
"Nickel Boys" was inspired by a brutal Florida reform school, where roughly 50 unmarked graves were discovered during investigations in 2016. I wrote about the film and the 111-year-history that inspired it https://t.co/COvZYuUkCU
