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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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What Was the First Written Language?
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
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https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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A re-run--
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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