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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Early Christian Poetry
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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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...
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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
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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What Government Governs Best?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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And how does it reflect on us?
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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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...
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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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...
8 months ago
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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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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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
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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