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The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1760)(Public Domain) — 14 Dec 2020

The Invisible History of Military Camouflage

By ashley cowie

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For at least 150,000 years, if not much longer, small groups of human hunters adorned themselves with the skins, horns and oils of the beasts they tracked to better conceal their presence and to delude their prey. Over time ancient tactics of...
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The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1760)(Public Domain) — 14 Dec 2020

The Invisible History of Military Camouflage

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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For at least 150,000 years, if not much longer, small groups of human hunters adorned themselves with the skins, horns and oils of the beasts they tracked to better conceal their presence and to delude their prey. Over time ancient tactics of...
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A 19th-century engraving of a Venetian galley fighting a Genoese fleet at the battle of Curzola in 1298. The Granger Collection (Public Domain) — 11 Dec 2020

The Zeno Map And Travels Of the 14th-Century Venetian Zeno Brothers

By Pierluigi Tombetti

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A century before Columbus, at the zenith of Venice's splendour, two brothers, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno embarked an extraordinary journey to the far north following Viking trade routes on the shores of Canada. The travel log of the 14th-century...
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A 19th-century engraving of a Venetian galley fighting a Genoese fleet at the battle of Curzola in 1298. The Granger Collection (Public Domain) — 11 Dec 2020

The Zeno Map And Travels Of the 14th-Century Venetian Zeno Brothers

By Pierluigi Tombetti

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A century before Columbus, at the zenith of Venice's splendour, two brothers, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno embarked an extraordinary journey to the far north following Viking trade routes on the shores of Canada. The travel log of the 14th-century...
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Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum by Richard Wilson (1771) (Public Domain) — 30 Nov 2020

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Family Man, Friend and Father

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In modern times, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC) is remembered as the greatest Roman orator. A prolific thinker, his writings include books on rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, as well as letters. Although more than...
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Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum by Richard Wilson (1771) (Public Domain) — 30 Nov 2020

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Family Man, Friend and Father

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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In modern times, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC) is remembered as the greatest Roman orator. A prolific thinker, his writings include books on rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, as well as letters. Although more than...
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Deriv: Moses overlooks the three Fall Festivals that he initiated in the Torah: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Michelangelo’s Moses (Westerdam/ CC BY-SA 4.0); Rosh Hashanah, from the Holiday Series: Six Paintings of Jewish Holidays by Arthur Szyk (Public Domain); Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb, 1878; (Public Domain) Im Gebet beim Laubhüttenfest, by Paula Gans, 1920, (Public Domain) — 27 Nov 2020

Parallels Between The Jewish Fall Festival And Akhenaten’s Royal Jubilee

By Jonathon Perrin

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A deep mystery haunts the origins and rituals of the Jewish Fall Festivals: Rosh Hashanah (New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Sukkot. Representing more than individual holidays, these festivals comprise a three-week period in autumn...
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Deriv: Moses overlooks the three Fall Festivals that he initiated in the Torah: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Michelangelo’s Moses (Westerdam/ CC BY-SA 4.0); Rosh Hashanah, from the Holiday Series: Six Paintings of Jewish Holidays by Arthur Szyk (Public Domain); Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb, 1878; (Public Domain) Im Gebet beim Laubhüttenfest, by Paula Gans, 1920, (Public Domain) — 27 Nov 2020

Parallels Between The Jewish Fall Festival And Akhenaten’s Royal Jubilee

By Jonathon Perrin

History & Tradition

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A deep mystery haunts the origins and rituals of the Jewish Fall Festivals: Rosh Hashanah (New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Sukkot. Representing more than individual holidays, these festivals comprise a three-week period in autumn...
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, from the Indian side by Charles Marion Russell (1903) (Public Domain) — 24 Nov 2020

The Valor Of Sturdy War-Stallions Who Changed History

By ashley cowie

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Horses have lived on earth for more than 50 million years and they were first domesticated in Asia between 3000 and 4000 BC. According to the American Museum of Natural History at this time they were sought mostly for their rich milk and protein...
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, from the Indian side by Charles Marion Russell (1903) (Public Domain) — 24 Nov 2020

The Valor Of Sturdy War-Stallions Who Changed History

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Horses have lived on earth for more than 50 million years and they were first domesticated in Asia between 3000 and 4000 BC. According to the American Museum of Natural History at this time they were sought mostly for their rich milk and protein...
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