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The Essential Greeks
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Ovid's Dating Advice
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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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...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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When Was D-Day?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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A History of Phantom Pain
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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What Was Négritude?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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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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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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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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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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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
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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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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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
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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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Flashbak
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....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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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...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Trying to Understand...
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
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...
5 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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