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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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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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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
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a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Who You Are Vs. What You Control
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2 months ago
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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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Trying to Understand...
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Starting with Spanish.
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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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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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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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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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
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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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
Flashbak
London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
9 months ago
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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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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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Weekend Roundup
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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African History...
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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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...
a year ago
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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American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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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....
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“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
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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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....
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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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...
7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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