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The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
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When Was D-Day?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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Hundred Rabbits
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We left our mooring at...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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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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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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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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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Start to Infinity (1978)
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Moon Base (1959)
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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".
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Open Culture
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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The Ocarina
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Stop Making Sense.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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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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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Forgotten Gods
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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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...
5 months ago
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...
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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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...
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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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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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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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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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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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The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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