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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Global Inequality...
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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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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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Immigration and crime: Denmark
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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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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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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