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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Summary of changes for February
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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.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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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...
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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.)
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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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...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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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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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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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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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
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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.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
2 months ago
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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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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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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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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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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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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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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But who is prepared to admit it?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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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
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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A Brief History of Chile
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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