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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Overcoming Bias
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
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A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
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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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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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But is there anything there?
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A Strange Defeat.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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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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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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Who Was Averroes?
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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They know what they think.
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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A History of Phantom Pain
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TheCollector
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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CrimethInc.
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The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Will The West Eat Itself?
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a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Classical Wisdom
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Beyond Stoicism
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Rome's Greatest Epic
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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the sucessor of Songhai
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That's The Truth?
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In politics, well, it depends.
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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What Is Populism?
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Some people never grow up.
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
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