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Victorian Science’s Duck-Billed Enigma JamesHoare Tue, 09/02/2025 - 08:28
Back in the early ‘70s I did a series of conceptual art projects using participants, says Marc H. Miller of Gallery 98. I met these women when I worked as a tour guide for museums. They were all signed up to do art tours as part of a program called Five Towns Music and Art … Continue reading "What’s Your Greatest Fear? Long Island Women Respond, 1973" The post What’s Your Greatest Fear? Long Island Women Respond, 1973 appeared first on Flashbak.
The Muslim conquest of Iberia began as an intervention. Under Visigoth rule since Rome’s fall, a fractious civil war broke out by the early 700s. Sensing an opportunity, in 7ll CE the Umayyad Caliphate’s army crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. At the Battle of Guadalete, the Muslims destroyed the Visigoth army and king, causing […]
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