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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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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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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Who Was George Eliot?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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