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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Man-Made Moons (1960)
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Hundred Rabbits
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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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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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History Today Review of the Year
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History Today Review of the Year
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Hundred Rabbits
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Summary Of Changes
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A Collection of...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Spartan Training
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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A Collection of...
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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over a year ago
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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How the CCP is Closing China
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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tools ecosystem
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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