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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Patterns in Humanity
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Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
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And don't say a word about Europe.
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A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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over a year ago
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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No More Heroes.
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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St. Nicholas
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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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...
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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...
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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What Is the Didache?
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Dreams of Space -...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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