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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What Is the Will to Power?
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Dreams of Space -...
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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What Is Nestorianism?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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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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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
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!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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History Today Review of the Year
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Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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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...
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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