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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Wrong Side of...
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Tolkien and Plato
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Death of the King of Siam
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Beyond Stoicism
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Classical Wisdom
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Lost and Found
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
Classical Wisdom
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Was Alexander Great?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Plus... Merch!
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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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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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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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...
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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...
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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12 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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a year ago
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
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8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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10 months ago
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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6 months ago
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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8 months ago
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
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We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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a year ago
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
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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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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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2 months ago
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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a month ago
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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3 months ago
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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10 months ago
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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a year ago
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
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9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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6 months ago
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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a year ago
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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3 months ago
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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9 months ago
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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4 months ago
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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10 months ago
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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2 weeks ago
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
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