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Summary Of Changes
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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The End of Power Projection?
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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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.
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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The Julio-Claudians
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
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...
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
5 days ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
a week ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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a year ago
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...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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