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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
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.
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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3 months ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
2 weeks ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Hundred Rabbits
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
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months 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
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
Continue Reading
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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4 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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3 months ago
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