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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings? undefined
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and... .
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What Makes the City of London Unique? undefined
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain undefined
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs undefined
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know undefined
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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...
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“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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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection undefined
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics undefined
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader undefined
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples) undefined
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art undefined
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts undefined
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution? undefined
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible? undefined
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums undefined
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections undefined
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial JamesHoare Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices undefined
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation undefined
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit? undefined
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin? undefined
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature undefined
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776  – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776  – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Roman Empire Podcasts
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TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life? undefined
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations undefined
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover undefined
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero undefined
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society? undefined
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure JamesHoare Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels undefined
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review ‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review JamesHoare Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History undefined
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To undefined
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024 undefined
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig undefined
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising undefined
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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...
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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.
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea? undefined
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do) undefined
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies. And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour undefined
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams undefined
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution undefined
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness? undefined
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War undefined
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When The Music's Over ... Turn out the lights.
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican? undefined
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II? undefined
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea? undefined
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art) undefined
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie? undefined
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China undefined
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire undefined
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man undefined
a year ago
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley undefined
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire undefined
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like? undefined
7 months ago
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The Pompeii Mosaics Frozen by Fire
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10 Must-Visit Historic Sites in San Diego undefined
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone? undefined
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Reality Would Like A Word. Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance? undefined
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist undefined
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery” undefined
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine? undefined
a year ago
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre The St Brice’s Day Massacre JamesHoare Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum undefined
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today undefined
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead undefined
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur? undefined
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What Is Theodicy? undefined
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Did Surrealist Artists Write? undefined
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987) Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome.  Admittedly it is...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome.  Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know undefined
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go? undefined
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin JamesHoare Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s undefined
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification? undefined
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights undefined
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame? undefined
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s Peter Marshall  has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall  has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars? undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville? undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England? How French Was Medieval England? JamesHoare Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know undefined
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays undefined
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre undefined
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What Is the Ides of March? undefined
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England? undefined
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages undefined
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry undefined
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality? undefined
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige undefined
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems undefined
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed undefined
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company? undefined
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI undefined
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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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 Was the Gospel of Thomas? undefined
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review ‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review JamesHoare Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway undefined
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language? undefined
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer undefined
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung? undefined
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World undefined
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World? undefined
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex undefined
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions undefined
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909 The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents undefined
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness? undefined
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore? undefined
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know undefined
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained undefined
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain? undefined
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…) These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
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Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ? Another of my essays in French.
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know undefined
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human? undefined
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell? undefined
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick JamesHoare Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919 “Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet   In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know undefined
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions undefined
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition undefined
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test? undefined
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties? undefined
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians? Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Aristotle on Luck Do You Feel Lucky?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento? undefined
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology undefined
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science? undefined
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor undefined
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World? undefined
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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...
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“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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Stock Car Racing in 1972 In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism? With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth? undefined
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like? I Dare You...
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space? undefined
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday undefined
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference? undefined
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen undefined
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater undefined
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history. Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology undefined
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections undefined
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93 undefined
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland? undefined
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius undefined
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It undefined
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape? undefined
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth? undefined
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic? undefined
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving? undefined
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2 Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam undefined
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters undefined
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle? undefined
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula? undefined
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know undefined
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia undefined
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A History of the United States Supreme Court undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
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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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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius undefined
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples undefined
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip. Continue Reading
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Their Enemies The Russians But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963) This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963.  It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963.  It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it. Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times undefined
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee undefined
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism undefined
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism? undefined
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization undefined
11 months ago
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four JamesHoare Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know undefined
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The Immortals ...and the feared Persian Army
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition undefined
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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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!
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