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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Beethoven and War: Soundtrack to the Napoleonic Conflict
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970)
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world...
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What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The...
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
2 months ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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The Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Discover His Films, Music Videos, Cartoons, Commercials,...
Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented,...
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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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...
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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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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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African History...
The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously...
2 weeks ago
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
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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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Open Culture
10,000+ Free Online Certificates & Badges: A Resource for Lifelong Learners
For those looking to boost their skills or explore new fields without breaking the bank, Class...
6 days ago
For those looking to boost their skills or explore new fields without breaking the bank, Class Central has done the heavy lifting. Known as a search engine for online courses, Class Central has compiled what might be the largest collection of free online certificates and badges...
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
11 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
A Collection of...
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...
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
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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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
African History...
The forts and castles of Africa: a brief architectural history.
For much of African history, the construction of fortresses and fortified structures was a mostly...
3 days ago
For much of African history, the construction of fortresses and fortified structures was a mostly urban phenomenon associated with large states.
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
3 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
a month ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
Flashbak
The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”...
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh In The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors we look at writers who communicated in long hand, and sometimes wrote their books in the same manner. For...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
2 months ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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