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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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No More Heroes.
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Into the Waste Land
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
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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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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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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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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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