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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Art of the Etruscans
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the promise of pancakes
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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New Year, Old Books
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Summary of changes for May
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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The Diversity Paradox.
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Seneca On Clemency
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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