Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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CrimethInc.
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Why Socrates Matters
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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The Epics Collection
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Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Ancient Olympics
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Spartan Training
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
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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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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Out Of Control.
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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What Is Voguing?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
6 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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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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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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...
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
3 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
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
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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a year ago
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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9 months ago
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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5 months ago
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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10 months ago
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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7 months ago
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