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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Young Technician December, 1957
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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2 months ago
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
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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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
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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...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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4 months ago
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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9 months ago
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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7 African Myths About Animals
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