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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
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a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
2 weeks ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
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Why Socrates Matters
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
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Global Inequality...
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 weeks ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
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The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
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What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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6 months ago
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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7 months ago
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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