Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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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
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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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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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
2 months ago
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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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...
2 weeks ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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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
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Does Free Will Exist?
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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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...
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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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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Global Inequality...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Another Of My Essays in French
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Who Was Eusebius?
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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...
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“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 …...
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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What's it going to be, then?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Summary of changes for July
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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What Is Capoeira?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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