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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
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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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Monsters and Myths
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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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...
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Dr Alun Withey
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...
6 months ago
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...
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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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...
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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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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Overcoming Bias
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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.
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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