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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Man-Made Moons (1960)
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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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...
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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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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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of 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.
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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5 months ago
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
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...
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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11 months ago
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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10 months ago
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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a year ago
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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a month ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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4 months ago
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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3 months ago
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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a year ago
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
5 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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8 months ago
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
2 months ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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11 months ago
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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a year ago
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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12 months ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
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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...
4 months ago
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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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 months ago
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 months ago
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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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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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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a year ago
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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8 months ago
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...
a month ago
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...
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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10 months ago
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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6 months ago
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
2 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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11 months ago
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
3 weeks ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
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