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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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Upcoming Events
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Essential Classics
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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