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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Story of Thebes
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Please help us not to understand.
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...
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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
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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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.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
a month ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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 Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Summary of changes for December 2023
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100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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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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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
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a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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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.)...
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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