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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What is the Soul?
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Overcoming Bias
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Summary of changes for January 2023
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Flashbak
A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’...
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We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’ Bookshop, where as a teenager writer Alan Bennett worked part-time job. We pop into the County Arcade, walking amid the mahogany shop fronts, pink marble columns, and cast iron...
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Cynthia The Celebrity Mannequin (1932)
Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme...
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Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme cosmetic surgery became a fashion choice. Created in 1932 by sculptor and retail display designer Lester Gaba (1907-1987) for Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, Cynthia caused a stir. When...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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10 Crazy South African History Facts
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
11 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What Is Absolute Idealism According to Hegel?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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My interview with "Atlantico"
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Aristotle's Poetics
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‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
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Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
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‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
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American polarisation: part 2
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What Was the 1925 Serum Run to Nome?
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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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
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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African History...
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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Jean And Rose – A Paris Photo Love Story From 1929
In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la...
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In 1929, Jean, 20, was living on rue Clairault, Paris. He worked at a brokerage house on rue de la Grange Batelière. On December 11, Jean met Rose, 18, at the city’s Saint-Lazare metro station. She lived in the 15th arrondissement, and took classes in hairdressing at the École...
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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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...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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