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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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When Was D-Day?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Should We Own Stuff?
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Why drug history?
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Who You Are Vs. What You Control
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Hundred Rabbits
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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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...
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“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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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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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.
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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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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
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How to use generative AI for historical research
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Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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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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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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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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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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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
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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