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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Man-Made Moons (1960)
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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And how does it reflect on us?
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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6 months ago
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...
11 months 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...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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10 months ago
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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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...
a month 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...
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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