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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
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Another of my essays in French.
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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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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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Why Should We Care About Children?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Life of Plato
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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US President or American Caesar?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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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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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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How to use generative AI for historical research
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
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An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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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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Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Petra and Passports
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Summary of changes for June 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 June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Does poverty cause violent crime?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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The Past Is Another Country.
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A book review from the future.
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Moving With the Times?
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Moving With the Times?
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Blast Off (1973)
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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