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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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What Is Gnosticism?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Out of This World (1953)
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Who Was Averroes?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
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a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Educated rage
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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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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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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What Are Conlangs?
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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over a year ago
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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