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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Young Technician December, 1957
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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The Ocarina
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Io Saturnalia!
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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New Year, Old Books
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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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,...
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“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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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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a year ago
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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7 months ago
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
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