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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Wrong Side of...
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Liberalism dies in darkness
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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What Is Voguing?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
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100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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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.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Why Socrates Matters
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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