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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Catching Nessie on Film
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
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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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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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The Nature of Love
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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African History...
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Africa's past carved in ivory
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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