Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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4 months ago
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
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...
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
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...
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
3 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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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....
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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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
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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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 …...
TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Flashbak
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
4 days ago
An Epic Start to the New Year
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
7 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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And some bits and pieces of news.
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Summary of changes for March 2024
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9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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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...
Global Inequality...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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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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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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African History...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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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...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Immigration and crime: Sweden
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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History Today Review of the Year
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Battle of the Historians
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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