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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
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One I bought fifty years ago.
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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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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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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We Are All Civilisational States
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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What Is Solipsism?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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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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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Hundred Rabbits
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Papa To The Rescue.
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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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...
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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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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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