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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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What Is Solipsism?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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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...
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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The Modern World Is Boring.
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Secrets of the Sirens
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Sodom and Gomorrah
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The Dark Ages
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Aristotle on Friendship
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
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War Is Complicated.
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And not just the fighting bit.
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Service to what nation?
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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What Is Theodicy?
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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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.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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The Early Years of Jesus
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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The Wages Of Fear
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Reality Would Like A Word.
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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5 months ago
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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7 months ago
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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4 weeks ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
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
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
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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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
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Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
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.
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 months ago
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
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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