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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
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Global power has always been distributed.
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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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...
a year ago
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
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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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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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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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...
a year ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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