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rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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Living through another great transformation…
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Wood stove installation
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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What Was Organization Todt?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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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...
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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The KGB After Stalin
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The politics of physiocracy
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Dreams of Space -...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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What Was Jim Crow?
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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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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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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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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How to use generative AI for historical research
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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What Is Voguing?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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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...
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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. ...
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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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...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Weekend Roundup
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a year ago
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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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
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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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.
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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What Is the Didache?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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