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Why artifacts like the Carmona Wine Urn, the Pazyryk Rug, and the Sword of Goujian are so important
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Manuel Orazi’s Occultist Magic Calendar Mil DCCCXCVI, 1895

This French occultist calendar illustrated in the Art Nouveau style by Italian artist and designer Manuel Orazi (1860 – 1934) was printed in an symbolic edition of 777 copies to commemorate magic for the coming year of 1896. Each double page uses the Christian calendar (name days, iconography), but this year of magic is rooted … Continue reading "Manuel Orazi’s Occultist Magic Calendar Mil DCCCXCVI, 1895" The post Manuel Orazi’s Occultist Magic Calendar Mil DCCCXCVI, 1895 appeared first on Flashbak.

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Our philanthropists and their oligarchs

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Gap Week (January 24, 2025)

Hey, folks. As much as I hate doing it, I have to pull a ‘gap week’ this week, as the second part of the Gracchi series (on the younger brother, Gaius Gracchus) isn’t done yet and I have some academic travel that I need to prepare for which is going to demand most of my … Continue reading Gap Week (January 24, 2025) →

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