Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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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...
2 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
a week ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 hours ago
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
a month ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is Solipsism?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Who Was Eusebius?
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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.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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A Collection of...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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The Past Is Another Country.
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Classical Wisdom
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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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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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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A Collection of...
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Important Notice
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An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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We Are All Civilisational States
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
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9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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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...
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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,...
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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