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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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The True Knights Templar
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Getting our events straight...
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Moon Trip (1958)
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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I See The Earth! (1968)
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Hey everyone!
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Stop Making Sense.
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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