A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Tolkien and Plato
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Secrets of the Scythians
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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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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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Wrong Side of...
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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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...
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
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From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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But slowly ...
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Why Socrates Matters
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Ancient Anxiety
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Evils Of Professionalism
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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What Is an Antipope?
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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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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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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New Year, Old Books
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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