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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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9 months ago
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
a month ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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4 months ago
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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a year ago
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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a year ago
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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6 months ago
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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a year ago
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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3 days ago
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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8 months ago
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The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
2 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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What Is Populism?
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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8 months ago
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What Is an Antipope?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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