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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
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Summary Of Changes
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Classical Wisdom
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
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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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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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11 months ago
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
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a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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It's about having small expectations.
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Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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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...
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Hundred Rabbits
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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They are quite serious, actually.
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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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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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Gladiator Combat
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
2 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Wrong Side of...
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
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Who Was George Hodel?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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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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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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...
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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What Is the Didache?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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