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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Young Technician December, 1957
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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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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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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So Where Do We Go From Here?
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Out Of Control.
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Not that much, actually.
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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US President or American Caesar?
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TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Dreams of Space -...
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Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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Dreams of Space -...
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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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.
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Beyond Mars (1960)
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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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
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The Two Trojan Wars
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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