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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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How French Was Medieval England?
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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Overcoming Bias
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
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a complete history of an African monument
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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