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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Beware the Lides of March
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Death of the King of Siam
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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What Is Voguing?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Dr Alun Withey
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Blast Off (1973)
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
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The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Aristotle's Politics
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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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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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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