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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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In Search of Homer
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
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They are quite serious, actually.
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
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10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
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a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Socrates and the Soul
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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When Was D-Day?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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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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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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A Strange Defeat.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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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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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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