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For my PhD project, I'm processing a large amount of handwritten text from the mid to late 19th century from one person. I'm struggling with his handwriting in English. Although I'm still learning ...

Just watched the movie Breach on the flushing-out of the FBI spy, Robert Hanssen. I just don't get two things: How did Hanssen have access to lists of spies and other top-secret information like ...

Somewhere in my research, I have a quote that compares the revenue collected from the tax on imported silk to the outlay for Imperial legions (circa 98 CE). (I have not included the quote because my ...

My understanding has always been that old Athenian men retained their right to participate in the popular assembly and jurys. Aristoteles, when trying to define the citizens in Politics Book 3, is ...

Someone gave me this coin, any idea what it is? Is this a Crusader coin or an imitation Spanish Cob?

I am currently learning to read Egyptian hieroglyphs and have come across a contradiction that I am struggling to resolve. According to Ilona Regulski from the British Museum, as per this video, the ...