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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
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Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
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Symposium on the Seas...
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Not that much, actually.
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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a year ago
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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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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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
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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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
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
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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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
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10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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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...
6 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...
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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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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When Was D-Day?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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JamesHoare
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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...
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Essential Classics
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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TheCollector
David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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TheCollector
The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
2 months ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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