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3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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2 months ago
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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a month ago
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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2 weeks ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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10 months ago
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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11 months ago
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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7 months ago
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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6 months ago
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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5 months ago
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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a year ago
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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8 months ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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10 months ago
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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a year ago
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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a month ago
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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a month ago
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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a month ago
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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4 months ago
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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2 months ago
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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3 weeks ago
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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a month ago
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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2 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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12 months ago
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
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
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