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The True Knights Templar
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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a complete history of an African monument
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Undersea Base (1974)
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Hidden History
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Another Of My Essays In French
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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When The Music's Over ...
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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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...
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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...
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Rome's Worst General?
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Forgotten Gods
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Why are MYTHS Important?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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