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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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6 Must-See English Castles
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Summary of changes for July 2023
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a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
Res Obscura
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Most of them are not from 2023
African History...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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The Two Trojan Wars
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Global Inequality...
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a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Stoicism and Stress
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
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a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Papa To The Rescue.
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3 months ago
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Winged Victory
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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The Mystery of Penelope
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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The Death of Clive of India
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The Death of Clive of India
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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