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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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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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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Space Witch (1959)
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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The First Stoic
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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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....
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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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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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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African History...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Columbine 25 Years On
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
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over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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