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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Dreams of Space -...
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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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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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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US President or American Caesar?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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What Is Thatcherism?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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over a year ago
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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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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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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When Was D-Day?
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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