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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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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...
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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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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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Ancient Anxiety
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Philosophy and Children
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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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...
5 months ago
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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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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When Was D-Day?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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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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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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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...
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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a year ago
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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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
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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over a year ago
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
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.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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2 weeks ago
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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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 …...
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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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...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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The Essential Greeks
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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