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TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled) undefined
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports undefined
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection? A New -different- Event
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TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism? undefined
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne? undefined
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality? undefined
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain? undefined
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series undefined
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon undefined
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist. It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969 In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election? undefined
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory undefined
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895. Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter? undefined
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan JamesHoare Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution undefined
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance undefined
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas? undefined
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together? undefined
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World? undefined
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History? undefined
11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings “And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible   The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy? undefined
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic undefined
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men undefined
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know undefined
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW) In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in  shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s undefined
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists undefined
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza? undefined
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia undefined
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu? undefined
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959) Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween. Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens The Original Femme Fatales?
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TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius j.hoare Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema undefined
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work? undefined
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt? undefined
6 months ago
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice undefined
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist undefined
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City undefined
11 months ago
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux? undefined
7 months ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History *my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People? Symposium on the Seas...
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History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend Death of a Turkey Legend JamesHoare Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer? undefined
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism undefined
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Who Was Saint Athanasius? undefined
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now. Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset undefined
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure? undefined
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications) undefined
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse? undefined
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What Was the Kido Butai? undefined
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties undefined
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers undefined
9 months ago
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum undefined
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs. Niju,...
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices undefined
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) “I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch   Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review ‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review JamesHoare Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts undefined
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History) undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal. Left, added a...
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition) This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century) undefined
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor undefined
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review) undefined
a year ago
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different. Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
Global Inequality...
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
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks JamesHoare Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals undefined
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots undefined
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd  was...
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024 Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building j.hoare Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible? undefined
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today undefined
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain undefined
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review ‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review JamesHoare Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles? undefined
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil? undefined
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece undefined
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts undefined
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us? How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber? undefined
6 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus undefined
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China? undefined
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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
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting undefined
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Hera, Queen of the Gods
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History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education Sex Before Sex Education JamesHoare Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution? undefined
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology undefined
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?” undefined
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity? undefined
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work undefined
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do! But striking poses is fun and easy.
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV JamesHoare Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack undefined
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor? undefined
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation undefined
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends undefined
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies? undefined
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements undefined
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Moving With the Times? Moving With the Times? JamesHoare Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty undefined
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence undefined
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur? undefined
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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...
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper? undefined
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Who Were the Maccabees? undefined
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’? undefined
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Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903) journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man? undefined
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings? undefined
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference? undefined
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914 the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come? All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit undefined
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Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844 A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844.     “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII undefined
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent undefined
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth undefined
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer undefined
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America undefined
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About? undefined
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza? undefined
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951) Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them.  Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas? undefined
11 months ago
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like? undefined
7 months ago
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism undefined
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz? undefined
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have? undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War j.hoare Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t) undefined
2 months ago
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time undefined
a month ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and... .
10 months ago
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941) Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work? undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955) Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America undefined
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die? undefined
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered undefined
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader undefined
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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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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover undefined
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round undefined
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
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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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The First Biographers ...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses undefined
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like? undefined
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín? undefined
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review j.hoare Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics undefined
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats undefined
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre undefined
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice “The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin   Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered undefined
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith? undefined
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Weekend Roundup What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels undefined
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization? undefined
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula? undefined
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Summary of changes for September 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Young Technician December, 1957 This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens undefined
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying The Long Debate on Assisted Dying JamesHoare Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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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...
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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...
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah? undefined
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits? undefined
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author? undefined
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Inside the Catholic State The world that created Caravaggio
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema? undefined
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922 “A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens     In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973) For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel undefined
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo).     Pierrot...
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Who Was Tertullian? undefined
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else? undefined
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s “Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project     Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say undefined
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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How to Give a Speech Secrets from Cicero
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections undefined
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space? undefined
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What is Plagiarism? Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration undefined
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations? undefined
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain? undefined
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War undefined
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races undefined
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61) The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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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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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody undefined
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery undefined
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Happy Journeys (1961) Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.  Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.  Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures “Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress undefined
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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What Is Relational Aesthetics? undefined
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916. The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba undefined
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know undefined
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927 “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake     Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness undefined
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England undefined
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