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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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History Today Review of the Year
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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a year ago
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100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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a year ago
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The Wages Of Fear
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8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Wrong Side of...
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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5 months ago
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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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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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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A Brief History of Chile
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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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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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
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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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
3 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
6 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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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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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Who Was Averroes?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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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
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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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"
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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?
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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