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They know what they think.
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
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Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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The Birth of Ovid
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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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...
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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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...
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St. Nicholas
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Hidden History
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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The True Knights Templar
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
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Should you meet your heroes?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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an African portrait of an African society
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
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In...
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In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Artemisia of Caria
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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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...
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
3 weeks ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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A History of the United States Senate
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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