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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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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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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Summary of changes for November 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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12 months ago
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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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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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Summary of changes for September 2023
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a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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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:...
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
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Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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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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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Lost and Found
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
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In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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