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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
3 weeks ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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8 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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TheCollector
7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
yesterday
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
3 months ago
“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....
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
2 days ago
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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