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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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Immigration and crime: Denmark
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4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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a year ago
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Tolkien and Plato
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Gods Vs Titans
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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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...
2 months ago
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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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
Dreams of Space -...
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Why I love etymologies
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Why is medieval art so weird?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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What Is Solipsism?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
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...
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
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Because that's all they can do.
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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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...
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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