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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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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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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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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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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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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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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Overcoming Bias
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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What Was Négritude?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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The Silence of the Elephants
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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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...
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Does Free Will Exist?
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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.
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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