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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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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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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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Three Cabins Left
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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The End of Power Projection?
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Why Socrates Matters
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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No Way Out
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Unlike For Like.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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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
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
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...
7 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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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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The KGB After Stalin
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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Res Obscura
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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