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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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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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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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An experiment with historical simulation
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Overcoming Bias
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Catching Nessie on Film
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How the CCP is Closing China
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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The Wages Of Fear
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Service to what nation?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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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...
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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...
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Should We Be More Naked?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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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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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Why controlling for variables is insufficient
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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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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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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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...
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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...
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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8 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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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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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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