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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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What is Virtue?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Hidden History
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Classical Wisdom
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Death of the King of Siam
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Open Culture
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Hundred Rabbits
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
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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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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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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...
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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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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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