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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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When Was the First Crusade?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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over a year ago
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100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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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
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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What Was Organization Todt?
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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weird medieval guys
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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Trying to Understand...
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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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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St. Nicholas
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Monsters of Mythology
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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 Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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...
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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...
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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Most of them are not from 2023
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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A very deep history of Halloween
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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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...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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The First Stoic
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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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
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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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...
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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...
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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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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Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Is Voguing?
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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