Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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History Today Feed
‘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 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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a year ago
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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a year ago
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
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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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
9 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
Flashbak
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...
11 months ago
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 Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
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8 months ago
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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8 months ago
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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In Praise of the Preterite
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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The True Knights Templar
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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