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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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A Brief History of Chile
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Res Obscura
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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The Myth of the Minotaur
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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7 African Myths About Animals
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
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,...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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