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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
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Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Prometheus and AI?
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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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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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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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...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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What Was Organization Todt?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Should We Be More Naked?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Summary of changes for September
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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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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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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the rock of polynesia
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over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
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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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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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A Collection of...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Important Notification
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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What Is Theodicy?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Games Nations Play.
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Brushing for Britain
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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