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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The Story of Thebes
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Furies
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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What Is the Didache?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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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...
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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The Water Is Rising.
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Global Inequality...
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
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What Are Conlangs?
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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One I bought fifty years ago.
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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What's it going to be, then?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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