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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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St. Nicholas
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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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
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
10 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
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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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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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
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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5 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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8 months ago
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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a year ago
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Res Obscura
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Most of them are not from 2023
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
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The decline and fall of the print media.
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
Flashbak
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...
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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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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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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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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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