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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Summary of changes for August 2023
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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 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...
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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Summary of changes for February
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over a year ago
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Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Summary of changes for October 2024
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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government in central Africa.
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Trying to Understand...
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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What Are Conlangs?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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African History...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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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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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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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...
3 weeks ago
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...
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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What Was Jim Crow?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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6 Must-See English Castles
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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a year ago
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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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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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
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...
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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...
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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7 months ago
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Who Was Averroes?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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