Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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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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A History of the United States Senate
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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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 Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Who Was Averroes?
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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
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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The Electoral College Explained
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
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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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Julius Caesar
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Who Was George Hodel?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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No Left Turn
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Why Should We Care About Children?
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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a year ago
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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The decline and fall of the print media.
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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How Iran Won the West
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Moon Trip (1958)
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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