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Hidden History
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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A history of the Buganda kingdom.
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government in central Africa.
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
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'If we can't...
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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10 Historic Towns in Tennessee You Should Visit
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
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over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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What Is the Book of Acts About in the Bible?
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Liberation of the Oppressed: What Is Liberation Theology?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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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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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
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Death of the King of Siam
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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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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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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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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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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