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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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over a year ago
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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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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What Was the Chaco War?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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And the Boundless Universe
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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The World's First Computer
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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A Different View of Thucydides
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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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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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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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
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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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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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Res Obscura
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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