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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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What Is Voguing?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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What Is Theodicy?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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