A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Living through another great transformation…
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Women of Ancient Rome
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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a year ago
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Wrong Side of...
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Trying to Understand...
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a year ago
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
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A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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over a year ago
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
a month ago
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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Global Inequality...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
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 January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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over a year ago
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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Overcoming Bias
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
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a year ago
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Electoral College Explained
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Who Was Eusebius?
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African History...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trying to Understand...
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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A Collection of...
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a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...