Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
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And the Palace where it was found...
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Summary of changes for June
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of 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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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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The Newer World Order.
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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A Clash Of Symbols
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Gods Vs Titans
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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One Way Or Another ....
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
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100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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How Did Socrates Die?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What Is Capoeira?
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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A Brief History of Chile
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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...
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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...
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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...
2 months ago
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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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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...
a month ago
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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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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