Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
11 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
3 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
Was Jesus a Radical?
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TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Overcoming Bias
Toward More Direct Signals
As I’ve attributed a large fraction of human behaviors to signaling incentives, I feel I should...
a week ago
As I’ve attributed a large fraction of human behaviors to signaling incentives, I feel I should address a key signaling question, about which I was recently reminded.
TheCollector
Where Did King Arthur Fight His Legendary Battles?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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9 months ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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9 months ago
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10 Things to Do at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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What Is Panpsychism?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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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!
History Today Feed
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
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Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
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‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
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Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
6 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
6 months ago
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
3 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a month ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
10 Crazy South African History Facts
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
10 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles
(but forgot to mention it)
2 weeks ago
(but forgot to mention it)
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
a year ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
a month ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
a year ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
6 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
7 months ago
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,...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
2 months ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
a year ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
2 weeks ago
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 10, 2025
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat...
a week ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’m currently working on a post “On the Gracchi” taking a somewhat darker look at everyone’s favorite Roman reformers (though hardly the same black takedowns Alexander and Cleopatra got) , which will hopefully be ready for next week. Before we dive...
TheCollector
The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a month ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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a month ago
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
4 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
a month ago
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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4 months ago
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
2 months ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
9 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
3 weeks ago
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
11 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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TheCollector
The History of Left-Handedness: Why Is This a Bias?
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
3 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
2 months ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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...
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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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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
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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...
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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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...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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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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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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How Iran Won the West
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Watch an Avant-Garde Bauhaus Ballet in Brilliant Color, First Staged in 1922
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We credit the Bauhaus school, founded by German architect Walter Gropius in 1919, for the aesthetic principles that have guided so much modern design and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The school’s relationships with artists like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo...
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
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7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Los Angeles Museums Launch Fire Relief Fund for Artists
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Will The West Eat Itself?
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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One Way Or Another ....
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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What Role Did Women Play in the Scientific Revolution?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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