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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies? undefined
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism undefined
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact? undefined
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain JamesHoare Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”? undefined
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650) At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History undefined
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution Britons Caught in the French Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Stock Car Racing in 1972 In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Round Two? There Is No Round Two. Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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Do You Listen Well? Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies? And how does it reflect on us?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy) undefined
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg? undefined
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK undefined
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76 undefined
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Useless in Gaza As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts? undefined
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare? undefined
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba     Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art undefined
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The Long Run. The future belongs to them.
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis undefined
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj undefined
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit undefined
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Socrates' Wayward Student ...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts. They know what they think.
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Plato On Knowledge What is True?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With? undefined
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil? undefined
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits? undefined
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece? undefined
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing undefined
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US President or American Caesar? US President or American Caesar? JamesHoare Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine undefined
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism. Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality undefined
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A Wasting Asset? Europe turns away from America.
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World? undefined
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Continues the Hiatus, 2024 Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights undefined
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review ‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review JamesHoare Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History undefined
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies? “Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon undefined
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview undefined
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt undefined
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Open Culture
Why the Tavern Scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds Is a Master Class in Filmmaking Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur from any one scene that...
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Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur from any one scene that the auteur has directed. In reality, it’s not always possible to do so, even in the work of filmmakers with highly idiosyncratic styles. But in the case of Quentin Tarantino, it...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
3 months ago
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects undefined
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express Interrail: The Trans Europe Express JamesHoare Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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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...
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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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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry undefined
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs undefined
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation? undefined
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks undefined
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione? undefined
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas? undefined
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The Prophecies of Merlin The Prophecies of Merlin JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927. Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms? undefined
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death undefined
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day? undefined
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”? undefined
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Welcoming the stranger Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch? undefined
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques? undefined
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to... We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany undefined
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore? undefined
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963? An experiment with historical simulation
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It undefined
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How Can We Handle Anxiety? Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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The Modern World Is Boring. Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America undefined
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No Way Out Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens undefined
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World? undefined
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art undefined
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro undefined
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1 For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981     You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981     You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring) Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai undefined
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats undefined
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Who Was Mithridates the Great? undefined
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings undefined
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous? undefined
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another undefined
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity? undefined
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review ‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review JamesHoare Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past undefined
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Summary of changes for May Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know undefined
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century? undefined
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know undefined
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy? undefined
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s undefined
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta? undefined
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries? undefined
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966) Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital? undefined
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy? undefined
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists undefined
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians undefined
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures undefined
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome undefined
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know undefined
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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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The Election That Caused the Boer War The Election That Caused the Boer War JamesHoare Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know undefined
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam undefined
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism undefined
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons? undefined
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy? undefined
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? undefined
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific? undefined
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894) Urbanism in the forest region.
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The End of Power Projection? We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and... Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW) In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in  shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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The life of Maynard K. A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism? undefined
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World undefined
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable? undefined
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry undefined
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes undefined
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp undefined
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles undefined
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum undefined
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals undefined
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare undefined
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties? undefined
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay? Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels undefined
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s “I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s   Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism undefined
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials? undefined
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What Are Conlangs? undefined
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur? undefined
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?” undefined
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know undefined
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House undefined
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie? undefined
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912) Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution undefined
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane JamesHoare Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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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...
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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...
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No End Of A Lesson. If we can only learn it.
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution? undefined
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Catching Nessie on Film Catching Nessie on Film JamesHoare Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe undefined
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge undefined
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review ‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review JamesHoare Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Banned Book Week Begins...
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order undefined
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter undefined
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work? undefined
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting undefined
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know undefined
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts undefined
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968 The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding.     These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa undefined
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe undefined
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed? undefined
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator undefined
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