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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Empress Theodora
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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The Pompeii Mosaics
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
weird medieval guys
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
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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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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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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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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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
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Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Hey everyone!
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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