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Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Petra and Passports
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Free French Bombers Over France
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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How can we train Resilience?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
Patterns in Humanity
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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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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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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On 17th century "cocaine"
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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