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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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African History...
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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The "New" Ancient City
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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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....
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Patterns in Humanity
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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A Collection of...
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Classical Wisdom
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Flashbak
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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African History...
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Classical Wisdom
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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African History...
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a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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The Mystery of the Mind
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TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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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 November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Eternal Glory
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 Must-See English Castles
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Who Was Eusebius?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Philosophy and Children
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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Early Christian Poetry
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Moon Base (1959)
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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No More Heroes.
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Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Hidden History
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Overcoming Bias
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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The Threat of Back to Normal
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Global power has always been distributed.
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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Trump and the Rise of Asia
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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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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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