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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Flashbak
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,”...
4 months ago
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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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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...
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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