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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Global Inequality...
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Little People With Agency.
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Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Open Culture
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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Is it good to question everything?
CrimethInc.
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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History Today Review of the Year
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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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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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
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Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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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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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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Undersea Base (1974)
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Summary Of Changes
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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African History...
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
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“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Classical Wisdom
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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The Story of Thebes
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Last Chance
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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A Clash Of Symbols
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a year ago
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Res Obscura
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11 months ago
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Dr Alun Withey
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over a year ago
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Lost and Found
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Io Saturnalia!
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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j.hoare
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12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
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8 months ago
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
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6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
12 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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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...
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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