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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Classical Wisdom
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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a year ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Birth of Ovid
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Happy Holidays
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Classical Wisdom
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Classical Wisdom
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Beneath the Waves...
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TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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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...
Patterns in Humanity
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Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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The Death of Clive of India
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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History Today Feed
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?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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4 months ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The KGB After Stalin
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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When technology follows art
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Socrates and the Soul
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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It's about having small expectations.
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Dreams of Space -...
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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What Is Thatcherism?
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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