TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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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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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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Historical origins of the malaise
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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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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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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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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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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On 17th century "cocaine"
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Trying to Understand...
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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