Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
4 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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The History of Braga, Portugal & 16 Must-See Historic Sites
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
3 weeks ago
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
10 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
4 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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10 Must-Visit Historic Mountain Towns in the US
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
2 months ago
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
4 weeks ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
3 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
9 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
History Today Feed
‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:21
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‘Man-Devil’ by John J. Callanan review
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Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:21
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
a year ago
The True Knights Templar
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
a year ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
11 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
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Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
10 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
2 months ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
3 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
4 months ago
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
11 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
a month ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
6 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
10 months ago
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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History Today Feed
‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/14/2025 - 09:23
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‘Naples 1343’ by Amedeo Feniello review
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Tue, 01/14/2025 - 09:23
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Archaeologists Discover 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Pharaoh’s Doctor
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
a year ago
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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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...
3 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...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
2 months ago
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
5 months ago
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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5 Great Books About Aboriginal History You Should Read
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
4 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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The Assassination of Malcolm X
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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How to Steal From Homer
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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The Mystery of Morpheus
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America
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Is Sufism a Part of Islam or Separate From It?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Hundred Rabbits
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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A Brief History of Chile
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Der Struwwelpeter: Heinrich Hoffmann’s Deadly Book For Naughty Children
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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What Was Organization Todt?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Free French Bombers Over France
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African History...
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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What Was the Political Significance of the Comintern?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Rituals and Religion
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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7 Works by Yves Tanguy You Should Know
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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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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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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