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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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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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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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Summary Of Changes
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
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What Are Conlangs?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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.
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Where did the time go?
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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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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Recidivism in Norway
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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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
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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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...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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