Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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The End of the World?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Essential Classics
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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A Week Off And A New Language
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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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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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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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...
9 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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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
History Today Feed
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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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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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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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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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...
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“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...
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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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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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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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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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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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...
10 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...
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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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...
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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...
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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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....
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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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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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