Appalachian Hymns: When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
Sung by Melvin & Opal Osborne circa 1969 Melvin and Opal Osborne were from Matawan, West Virginia, but living in…
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A Window into the Afterlife and its Parallels with Christian Beliefs
The Book of the Dead, or “Book for Coming Forth By Day”, was a personalized roadmap to ensure the deceased’s…
History of the Development of B.E. Taylor’s Brightmoor, Detroit Neighborhood, Part IV
The population of the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit rapidly increased from 8 residents and 6 houses in 1922, to 11,319…
History of the Development of B.E. Taylor’s Brightmoor, Detroit Neighborhood Part III
Early Brightmoor From the start of his ambitious sales campaign in 1922, Burt Eddy Taylor offered a variety of purchase…
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Iconoclasm
Destruction of the Temple of Serapeum and the statue of Serapis in Alexandria, Egypt Michelle Lee Religious syncretism the fusion…
History of the Development of B.E. Taylor’s Brightmoor, Detroit Part I
Brightmoor General Store circa 1924, Brightmoor, Detroit, Michigan. Photo from B.E. Taylor’s Personal Papers at The Burton Historical Collections, Detroit Public Library