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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Cyclops
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
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An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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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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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
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