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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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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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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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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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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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What Was Négritude?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
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a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
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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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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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The End of Power Projection?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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9 months ago
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
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Sappho
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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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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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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People, States and Borders.
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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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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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
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a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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Is it good to question everything?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Early Christian Poetry
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Beyond Stoicism
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
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Should we pay attention to them?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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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...
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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Prometheus and AI?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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The Mystery of the Mind
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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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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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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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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Secret of the Stoics
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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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
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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