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How Did Socrates Die?
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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Open Culture
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Hundred Rabbits
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For the first 3 years we tested the...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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a year ago
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Patterns in Humanity
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Dr Alun Withey
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
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It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
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This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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
Patterns in Humanity
2024 in writing
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11 hours ago
A brief recap of my 2024 posts
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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2 months ago
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
2 weeks ago
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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How to Give a Speech
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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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
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Patterns in Humanity
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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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
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
a year ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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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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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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