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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Hidden History
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Pol Pot: Overseer of the Cambodian Genocide
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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We'd also heard that the school...
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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How Did Victorian Fashion Show Grief Through Clothes?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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History Today Review of the Year
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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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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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
over a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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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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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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The Paris Peace Conference: Who Were the Big Four?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
9 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
5 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in the US This Year (2025)
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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CrimethInc.
Reports from the Festivals of Resistance / Day of the Forest Defender
January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who...
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January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who was murdered by Georgia State Troopers two years ago while protesting the construction of Cop City in Atlanta, and everyone else who has given their lives in the fight against those...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
7 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
Hundred Rabbits
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...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Discover This Historic Massachusetts Town Just Beyond Boston’s Reach
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
5 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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History Today Feed
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
3 days ago
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
7 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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...
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
5 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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