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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Petra and Passports
a year ago
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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