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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
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Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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What Is the Will to Power?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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African History...
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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A Week Off And A New Language
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Patterns in Humanity
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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The "New" Ancient City
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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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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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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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,...
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“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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