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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Death of the King of Siam
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 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
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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...
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
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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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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11 months ago
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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3 months ago
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Does Free Will Exist?
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2 months ago
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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8 months ago
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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a year ago
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 months ago
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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4 months ago
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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9 months ago
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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a month ago
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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5 months ago
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...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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8 months ago
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 months ago
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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3 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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5 months ago
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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8 months ago
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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10 months ago
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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4 months ago
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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4 months ago
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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7 months ago
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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3 months ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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11 months ago
Flashbak
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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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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10 months ago
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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11 months ago
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