Happy Friday and Valentine's Day!
BBC's History Podcast:
Irving Finkel describes a remarkable Babylonian tablet that changes our understanding of the flood legend. Meanwhile, Joanne Harris gives us her take on the Norse gods
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What is the American Historical Association reading this week?
Today’s What We’re Reading features the centenary of the beginning of World War I, a 1762 recipe for rabbit pie, a cross-discipline placement study on PhD employment, what librarians really look like, and more!
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Watch a little video from the History Channel that gives the history and origins of Valentine's Day!
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Can't get to a museum today? The Louvre has two great love-themed virtual tours!
Are love stories fated to end badly? From the 1500s to the 19th century, painters and sculptors have depicted the amorous torments of famous literary couples: unrequited passion, oppression, flight, and death
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Discover how artists from Antiquity to the eighteenth century have chosen to represent amorous relationships.
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