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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Cynthia The Celebrity Mannequin (1932)
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Eternal Glory
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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The Death of Clive of India
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a brief note on themes in African art.
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Patterns in Humanity
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Would Socrates Do?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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...
a month ago
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...
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
3 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
6 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
5 months ago
But right back where we started from.
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
4 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
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".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Gracchi, Part I: Tiberius Gracchus
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2)...
2 days ago
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2) Gracchus, the famous Roman reformers of the late second century. There’s actually a fair bit to say about both of them, so we’re going to split this treatment over two weeks,...
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s
Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist...
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Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist and photographer Sheila Burnett has not longed moved to the area when she began to take pictures of the people who lived and worked there. In the 1970s, Sheila arrived in London...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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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...
a year ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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