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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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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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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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