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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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African History...
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Truth in the old myths
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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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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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
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A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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