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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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The Birth of Ovid
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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over a year ago
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Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Trying to Understand...
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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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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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Who Was Tertullian?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
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And some bits and pieces of news.
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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