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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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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. ...
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Gladiator Combat
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
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“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
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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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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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And How Do We Learn?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Immigration and crime: Sweden
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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.
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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Arguing with the Dead
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TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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What Government Governs Best?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
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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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
a month ago
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
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.
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
a month ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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