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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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African History...
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Essential Greeks
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Summary of changes for September 2023
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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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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Wrong Side of...
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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over a year ago
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Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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History Today Feed
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Summary of changes for October
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over a year ago
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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How to Steal From Homer
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
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Rome's Worst General?
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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The Electoral College Explained
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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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)
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
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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...
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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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
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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12 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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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
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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11 months ago
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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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...
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