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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Dreams of Space -...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Summary Of Changes
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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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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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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How Iran Won the West
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
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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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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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A very deep history of Halloween
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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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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TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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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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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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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...
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