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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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We'd also heard that the school...
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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over a year ago
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Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Aristotle's Poetics
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 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 March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Trying to Understand...
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
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a year ago
A re-run--
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What's it going to be, then?
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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A Brief History of Chile
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Bringing It All Back Home
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If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Yuri's Night is April 12th!
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Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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Summary of changes for March 2024
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Hey everyone!
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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The Wages Of Fear
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Another Of My Essays In French
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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