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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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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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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Is it good to question everything?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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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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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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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.
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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A very deep history of Halloween
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Dark Ages
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Weekend Roundup
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Weekend Roundup
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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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...
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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...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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