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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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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...
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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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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Summary of changes for May
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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 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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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Beyond Stoicism
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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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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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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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...
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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...
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Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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Or does war have its virtues?
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Summary of changes for September
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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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...
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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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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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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One Way Or Another ....
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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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,...
2 weeks ago
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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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Aristotle's Poetics
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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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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Roman Empire Podcasts
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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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 Is the History of the Blues?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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