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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Hidden History
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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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
8 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
7 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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Last Call for Classical Gifts
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Weekend Roundup
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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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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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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The Secret Life of Latin
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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...
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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...
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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...
3 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a week ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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