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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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The World's First Computer
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
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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...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
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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...
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Monsters and Myths
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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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...
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
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Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
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6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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What Is Solipsism?
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What is Plagiarism?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Overcoming Bias
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Typhoons and mold
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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...
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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What Is Voguing?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
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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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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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The Electoral College Explained
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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What Are Conlangs?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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