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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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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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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Trying to Understand...
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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They know what they think.
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
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7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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Why are MYTHS Important?
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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Dreams of Space -...
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over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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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...
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
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over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
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Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
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a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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