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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Does Marcus Matter?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Trying to Understand...
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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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...
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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...
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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When Was D-Day?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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What Was Organization Todt?
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Secret of the Stoics
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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History Today Feed
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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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Overcoming Bias
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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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...
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
Dreams of Space -...
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...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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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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