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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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The Eccentricities of Arthur Conan Doyle: Fairies, Apes, and Spiritualism
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Does Marcus Matter?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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How Iran Won the West
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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What Is an Antipope?
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a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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What Is Populism?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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A History of the United States Senate
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which...
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The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which “skeletons hoof and frolic,” the peak of whose hilarity “is reached when one skeleton plays the spine of another in xylophone fashion, using a pair of thigh bones as hammers.” The...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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an African portrait of an African society
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Global Inequality...
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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 Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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How Should We Look at History?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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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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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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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...
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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The Roman Socrates
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Who’s in the Tomb?
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Collection of...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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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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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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