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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
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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Who Were the Maccabees?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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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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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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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...
10 months ago
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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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
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And the Palace where it was found...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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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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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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The Essential Greeks
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Man the Hunter
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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The Secrets of Crete
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Origins of Stoicism
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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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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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Summary of changes for May
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
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A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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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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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Dreams of Space -...
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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What Priority The Innocent?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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Summary of changes for January
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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