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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
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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.
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
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Ancient Podcasts
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Is it good, bad or relative?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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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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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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That's The Truth?
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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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...
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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...
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Olympics Special
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Res Obscura
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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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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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
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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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...
7 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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8 months ago
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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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
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Flashbak
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...
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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3 months ago
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 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...
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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11 months ago
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 months ago
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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a year ago
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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3 months ago
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
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...
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
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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
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