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Why the Organ Split the Church
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
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We left our mooring at...
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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The Secret Life of Latin
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
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over a year ago
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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US President or American Caesar?
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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What Is Solipsism?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Flashbak
‘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...
7 months ago
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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
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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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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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...
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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 Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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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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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
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This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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