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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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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...
2 months ago
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.
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Hundred Rabbits
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
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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What’s the History of Gin?
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TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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)...
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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What Is Voguing?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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