Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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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
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 months ago
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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a year ago
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...
a year ago
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
History Today Feed
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
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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8 months ago
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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3 months ago
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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2 months ago
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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How Did Socrates Die?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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7 months ago
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
a week ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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11 months ago
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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6 months ago
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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5 months ago
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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2 months ago
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Philosopher Kings
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Global Inequality...
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
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And the Palace where it was found...
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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.
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Philosophy and Children
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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No End Of A Lesson.
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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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...
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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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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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People, States and Borders.
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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