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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read undefined
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787? undefined
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii? undefined
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol? undefined
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy? undefined
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature? undefined
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947) Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible undefined
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation undefined
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic undefined
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies undefined
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know undefined
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What Was the Chaco War? undefined
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works undefined
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star undefined
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s undefined
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Weekend Roundup Beneath the Waves...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town? undefined
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland? undefined
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand undefined
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism? undefined
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream? undefined
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist? undefined
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa JamesHoare Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”? undefined
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Winged Victory Art of the Hellenistic Period
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know undefined
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas undefined
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities undefined
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects undefined
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How to Revive Wassailing How to Revive Wassailing j.hoare Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million undefined
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What Was the Warsaw Pact? undefined
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta? undefined
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins) undefined
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No End Of A Lesson. If we can only learn it.
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI undefined
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger undefined
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria? undefined
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power undefined
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands undefined
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society? undefined
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Santa and The Space Men It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention. Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They? undefined
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know undefined
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion? undefined
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith? undefined
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The Tudor War on Libel The Tudor War on Libel JamesHoare Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time undefined
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable? undefined
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949 In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman undefined
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber undefined
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And... Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping undefined
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971 Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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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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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History undefined
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization? undefined
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”? undefined
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity? undefined
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)? undefined
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997 New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company? undefined
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained undefined
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World? undefined
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture? undefined
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit undefined
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting? undefined
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems undefined
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson undefined
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil undefined
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Who Is Ai Weiwei? undefined
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968) The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid undefined
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists undefined
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack Three years late, but historians are always late
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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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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know undefined
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President? undefined
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How to Steal From Homer Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion? undefined
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Digitization Reveals Cathedral’s Hidden Medieval Wall Paintings undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths undefined
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed? undefined
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator undefined
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies? undefined
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient? undefined
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know undefined
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda? undefined
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible? undefined
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha? undefined
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik? undefined
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Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK... I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud? undefined
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know undefined
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story undefined
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon undefined
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Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy Why the liberal project will fail
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change? undefined
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement? undefined
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean Take a Santa Pause
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson ‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson JamesHoare Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy? undefined
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I undefined
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow? undefined
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights JamesHoare Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete? undefined
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism undefined
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James? undefined
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know undefined
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda? undefined
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute? undefined
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children? undefined
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Democracy The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial undefined
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art? undefined
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović undefined
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz undefined
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks Starting Tomorrow
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951) Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them.  Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text? undefined
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The Scottish Play Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas? undefined
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Hagia Sophia to Open Mysterious Underground Tunnels to Visitors undefined
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist undefined
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists. The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Did Surrealist Artists Write? undefined
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men undefined
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used undefined
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend undefined
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms undefined
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece? undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism? Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches The Allure of Medieval Churches JamesHoare Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!” undefined
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler “Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC    Richard...
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959) This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction undefined
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live? undefined
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR undefined
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views undefined
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism? undefined
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness? undefined
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided 50 Years of Cyprus Divided JamesHoare Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Who Was Clement of Rome? undefined
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask undefined
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect undefined
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer The Antikythera Mechanism
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained undefined
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The Two Trojan Wars Secret Origins
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont? undefined
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals undefined
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900) Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Flashbak
The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW) “I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry     Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
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“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry     Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962) Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism? undefined
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy undefined
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times? undefined
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The True Knights Templar The True Knights Templar j.hoare Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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African History...
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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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE) undefined
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections undefined
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic undefined
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million undefined
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period? undefined
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology undefined
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review ‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review JamesHoare Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life undefined
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage undefined
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art undefined
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus The God of Wine!
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation? undefined
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‘Ocean’ and ‘Tracks on the Ocean’ review ‘Ocean’ and ‘Tracks on the Ocean’ review JamesHoare Mon, 01/06/2025 - 11:02
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Hidden History
The Ocarina The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Origins of Stoicism
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Global Inequality...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work? undefined
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The Birth of Ovid The Birth of Ovid JamesHoare Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy undefined
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Flashbak
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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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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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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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh.   When I was just a baby my mama told...
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A re-run-- Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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The Last Day of World War One At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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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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1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying     On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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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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Peter Marshall  has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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