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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s
Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist...
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Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist and photographer Sheila Burnett has not longed moved to the area when she began to take pictures of the people who lived and worked there. In the 1970s, Sheila arrived in London...
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Sodom and Gomorrah
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Spartan Training
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Should Death Concern Us?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Stoicism and Stress
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Discover the Playful Drawings That Charles Darwin’s Children Left on His Manuscripts
Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own family. Darwin had...
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Charles Darwin’s work on heredity was partly driven by tragic losses in his own family. Darwin had married his first cousin, Emma, and “wondered if his close genetic relation to his wife had had an ill impact on his children’s health, three (of 10) of whom died before the age of...
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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10 Ancient Greek Sculptures You Must Know
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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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...
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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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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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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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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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