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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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Another of my essays in French.
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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projects and pain
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We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
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8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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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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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Spartan Training
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Does Free Will Exist?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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