TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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12 months ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
2 months ago
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Classical Wisdom
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Early Christianity
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Ode to the Giants
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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What Is Populism?
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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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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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Should Death Concern Us?
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a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Last Chance!
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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j.hoare
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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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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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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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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The Cyclops
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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What Is Capoeira?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Does Marcus Matter?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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The End of the World?
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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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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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
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a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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The Wages Of Fear
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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