Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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a year ago
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
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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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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10 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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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.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
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...
a year ago
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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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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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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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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African History...
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,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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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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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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African History...
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Summary of changes for January
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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What Is Solipsism?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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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...
8 months ago
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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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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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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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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