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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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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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What Was Jim Crow?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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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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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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The Year's Midnight.
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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What is the Soul?
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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