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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Summary of changes for May 2024
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.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Global Inequality...
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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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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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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The Secret Life of Latin
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Beware the Lides of March
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Monsters of Mythology
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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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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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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What Was the Chaco War?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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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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Summary of changes for March
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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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 Is the Gettier Problem?
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Summary of changes for June 2023
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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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100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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a year ago
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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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Classical Wisdom
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The Mother of Rome
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
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a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
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a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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