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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
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Overcoming Bias
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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The Cyclops
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
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How Every Empire Falls
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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Res Obscura
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Our Authoritarian Default
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Classical Wisdom
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Retelling of the Odyssey
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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