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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Summary of changes for August
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Service to what nation?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Is Voguing?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
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No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Eternal Glory
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Dry Toilet Installation
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Does Karma Exist?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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African History...
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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Rules, Rules Rules
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Because that's all they can do.
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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In politics, well, it depends.
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The Scottish Play
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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