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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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US President or American Caesar?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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projects and pain
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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In their own...
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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A History of Phantom Pain
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A Collection of...
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8 months ago
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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a home for pino
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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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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Papa To The Rescue.
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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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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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Who Was George Eliot?
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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...
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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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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
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A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
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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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A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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