Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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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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“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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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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a year ago
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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What Is Capoeira?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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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...
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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...
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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11 months ago
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
7 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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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...
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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