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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Sex Before Sex Education
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Dr Alun Withey
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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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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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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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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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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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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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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