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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
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Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Julio-Claudians
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Global Inequality...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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:...
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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...
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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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....
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
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over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
12 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
8 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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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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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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.
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
11 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
a month ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
5 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
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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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Flashbak
Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
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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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
a week ago
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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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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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
3 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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