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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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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...
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days 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, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
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Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Democracy
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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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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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Summary of changes for October
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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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...
6 months ago
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...
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What Was Négritude?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
5 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
4 days ago
An Epic Start to the New Year
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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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 …...
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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The end of the great order under the Heaven
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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Ancient Anxiety
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The Early Years of Jesus
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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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...
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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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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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And fiddling won't fix it.
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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A Brief History of Chile
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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