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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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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...
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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CrimethInc.
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...
a month ago
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...
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
8 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
7 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What Is Solipsism?
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
4 days ago
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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