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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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One, Two (1965)
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a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
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Should We Be More Naked?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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The KGB After Stalin
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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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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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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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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TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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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.
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Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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When technology follows art
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
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5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“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...
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)
TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
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In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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