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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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The decline and fall of the print media.
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
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 Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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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