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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Flashbak
‘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...
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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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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What’s the History of Gin?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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