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TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Patterns in Humanity
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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I talked to Terry Gross!
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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What Is Theodicy?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Classical Wisdom
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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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
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
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TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Classical Wisdom
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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...
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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That's a good question.
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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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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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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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
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“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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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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The Electoral College Explained
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
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
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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