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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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The First Stoic
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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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 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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What makes a good friend?
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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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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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War Is Complicated.
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Working offgrid efficiently
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For the first 3 years we tested the...
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For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
weird medieval guys
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
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The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
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.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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a month ago
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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8 hours ago
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Hundred Rabbits
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
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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a month ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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