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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
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...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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a year ago
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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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
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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2 months ago
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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