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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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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...
9 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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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....
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“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 Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
a year ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Was Alexander Great?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Ancient Novel
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Changing Seasons
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Wisdom for the New Year
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
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.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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.
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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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 chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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9 Artists Who Defined Art Nouveau
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
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For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
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African History...
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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How was it for the ancient ladies?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Global Inequality...
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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B-24 Liberators: The Aircraft That Ended the Reign of the U-Boat
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Does Marcus Matter?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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