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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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The First Stoic
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
African History...
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
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.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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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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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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What Is the Will to Power?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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A Collection of...
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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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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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...
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“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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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
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This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
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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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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.
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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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...
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
10 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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