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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
3 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
yesterday
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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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...
3 months ago
“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...
TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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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.
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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a year ago
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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a year ago
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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a year ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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TheCollector
Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 weeks ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Another Of My Essays In French
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And some associated reflections.
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Forgotten Gods
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Empress Theodora
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Hidden History
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Monsters of Mythology
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over a year ago
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Why drug history?
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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