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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
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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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...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
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Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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3 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
5 days ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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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...
8 months ago
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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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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6 months ago
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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