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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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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...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
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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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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The ideology of Donald J. Trump
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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The world that created Caravaggio
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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