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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
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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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
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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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...
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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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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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What Is the Ides of March?
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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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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 months ago
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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10 months ago
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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2 months ago
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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6 months ago
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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5 months ago
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Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
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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
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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a year ago
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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3 months ago
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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3 months ago
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
a week ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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3 weeks ago
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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8 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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5 months ago
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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7 months ago
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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3 weeks ago
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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a year ago
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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2 weeks ago
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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a year ago
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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3 months ago
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
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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...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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a week ago
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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a week ago
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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a month ago
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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a year ago
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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9 months ago
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...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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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...
4 months ago
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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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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4 weeks ago
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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7 months ago
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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3 months ago
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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8 months ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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a month ago
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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4 months ago
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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2 months ago
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
3 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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a month ago
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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4 months ago
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
3 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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2 months ago
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 months ago
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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11 months ago
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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a year ago
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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6 months ago
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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a month ago
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
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What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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8 months ago
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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8 months ago
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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4 months ago
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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a month ago
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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a month ago
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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a month ago
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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7 months ago
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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6 months ago
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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9 months ago
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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9 months ago
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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a month ago
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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8 months ago
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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4 months ago
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