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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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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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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Summary Of Changes
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Dr Alun Withey
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Res Obscura
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Dr Alun Withey
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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