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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Summary of changes for January 2024
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Looking Into Science (1965)
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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over a year ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Summary of changes for March
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Summary of changes for June
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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The Electoral College Explained
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Celebrate Cicero!
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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