Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
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TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Does Free Will Exist?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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The end and the beginning of history
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
10 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
4 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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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
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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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.
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
a month ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
3 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Patterns in Humanity
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Global Inequality...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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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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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
Classical Wisdom
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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The Electoral College Explained
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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