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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
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over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Magna Graecia
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
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an African portrait of an African society
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The "New" Ancient City
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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No, not that Agency.
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
African History...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
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TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Notes on Christian Syria
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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7 months ago
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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What is Plagiarism?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The End of the World?
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Does Marcus Matter?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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What Government Governs Best?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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What Was the Chaco War?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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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
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Does Free Will Exist?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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New Year, Old Books
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Inventing Cyrillic
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
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TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
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an island in the maelstrom
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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