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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Trying to Understand...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Stop Making Sense.
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Why Read Modern Books?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Three Cabins Left
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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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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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Who Was George Hodel?
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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The First Philosopher?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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Or does war have its virtues?
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
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A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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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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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Open Culture
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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What Was Jim Crow?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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The Art of Pompeii
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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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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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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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...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
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The Tudor War on Libel
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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What is the “Mind”?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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History Today Review of the Year
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History Today Review of the Year
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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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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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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