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Aristotle and Alexander the Great by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1754) (Public Domain) — 04 Jul 2022

The Problem With Labelling Alexander, The Macedonian King With A Mercurial Character

By david grant

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‘It is a naive belief that the distant past can be recovered from written texts, but even the written evidence for Alexander is scarce and often peculiar,’ says Robin Lane Fox in Alexander the Great (2004). Over the centuries, historians have...
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Aristotle and Alexander the Great by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1754) (Public Domain) — 04 Jul 2022

The Problem With Labelling Alexander, The Macedonian King With A Mercurial Character

By david grant

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‘It is a naive belief that the distant past can be recovered from written texts, but even the written evidence for Alexander is scarce and often peculiar,’ says Robin Lane Fox in Alexander the Great (2004). Over the centuries, historians have...
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Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a crowd of people, is about to embark on his ship, August 1492. (Wellcome Images / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 01 Jul 2022

The Secret Identity Of Christopher Columbus: A Celtic-Jewish Spanish Pirate?

By davidchildress

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The Christopher Columbus that everybody learns about in school may have been an entirely different person than is generally being taught. Columbus was a fascinating person, and the more one studies this incredible man, the more incredible his...
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Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a crowd of people, is about to embark on his ship, August 1492. (Wellcome Images / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 01 Jul 2022

The Secret Identity Of Christopher Columbus: A Celtic-Jewish Spanish Pirate?

By davidchildress

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The Christopher Columbus that everybody learns about in school may have been an entirely different person than is generally being taught. Columbus was a fascinating person, and the more one studies this incredible man, the more incredible his...
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Snake Indians - Testing Bows by Alfred Jacob Miller 1858 – 1860 (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 29 Jun 2022

Tracking the Arrow Of Time: 70,000 Years Of Toxophily

By ashley cowie

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p>Sometime in deep-history the much-restricted punch and thump was weaponized and replaced with the club. Eventually, the requirement to injure life outside one’s reach birthed the throwing club and the spear, but eventually, toxophilites...
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Snake Indians - Testing Bows by Alfred Jacob Miller 1858 – 1860 (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 29 Jun 2022

Tracking the Arrow Of Time: 70,000 Years Of Toxophily

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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p>Sometime in deep-history the much-restricted punch and thump was weaponized and replaced with the club. Eventually, the requirement to injure life outside one’s reach birthed the throwing club and the spear, but eventually, toxophilites...
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Komainu pair: Edo period, 17th-18th century, wood, Honolulu Museum of Art accessions (CC0) — 24 Jun 2022

Komainu Hybrid Lion-Dog Protectors Of Asian Temples And Shrines

By MartiniF

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Tattoo art and designs, like virtually everything else in Japanese life, are often based on traditional beliefs or historical events. In fact, some of the most popular Japanese tattoo designs are of mythical creatures, like the komainu. Based on...
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Komainu pair: Edo period, 17th-18th century, wood, Honolulu Museum of Art accessions (CC0) — 24 Jun 2022

Komainu Hybrid Lion-Dog Protectors Of Asian Temples And Shrines

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Tattoo art and designs, like virtually everything else in Japanese life, are often based on traditional beliefs or historical events. In fact, some of the most popular Japanese tattoo designs are of mythical creatures, like the komainu. Based on...
Read More

The Papal Public Relations Operation Behind Christopher Columbus’ Discovery Of The New World — 17 Jun 2022

The Papal Public Relations Operation Behind Christopher Columbus’ Discovery Of The New World

By Alessandro Mori...

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Was there a Papal conspiracy around Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America? Is it possible that the history of the ‘discovery of America’ has been told omitting details that only now re-emerge from the past? Is it possible that the...
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The Papal Public Relations Operation Behind Christopher Columbus’ Discovery Of The New World — 17 Jun 2022

The Papal Public Relations Operation Behind Christopher Columbus’ Discovery Of The New World

By Alessandro Mori...

History & Tradition

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Was there a Papal conspiracy around Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America? Is it possible that the history of the ‘discovery of America’ has been told omitting details that only now re-emerge from the past? Is it possible that the...
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