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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed undefined
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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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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People? Symposium on the Seas...
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TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy? undefined
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels undefined
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality undefined
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region) undefined
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History undefined
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization undefined
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How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections undefined
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block undefined
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language See you again soon
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024 Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024 Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase undefined
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers undefined
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular? Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking? undefined
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well? Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 –  2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 –  2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019 It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni? undefined
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Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919 undefined
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million undefined
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich undefined
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration? undefined
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century undefined
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop? undefined
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World undefined
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia My interview with "Atlantico"
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins undefined
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray... The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s  series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous? undefined
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings? undefined
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour undefined
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review ‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review JamesHoare Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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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...
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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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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades undefined
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review ‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review j.hoare Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict undefined
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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,...
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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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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous? undefined
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil? undefined
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance? undefined
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum undefined
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination undefined
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning undefined
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass? undefined
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World! Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969.   Shelton...
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Weekend Roundup The Life of Plato
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities undefined
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The Election That Caused the Boer War The Election That Caused the Boer War JamesHoare Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder undefined
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany? undefined
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects undefined
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958 Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco? undefined
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition. Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
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Death of a Samurai Legend Death of a Samurai Legend JamesHoare Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster? undefined
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s undefined
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation undefined
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know undefined
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director undefined
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism undefined
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire undefined
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism? undefined
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark undefined
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe undefined
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair. Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art) undefined
8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview undefined
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa undefined
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen? undefined
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer? ***Only 15 Seats Left
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau undefined
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case undefined
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War? undefined
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story undefined
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation undefined
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology undefined
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Sparta and… Scotland? Laconic wit through the centuries
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames undefined
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity? undefined
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance? undefined
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They Say They Want Rearmament .... We-ell, you know ....
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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...
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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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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire? undefined
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How Did Descartes View Animals? undefined
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected. But some things are more connected than others.
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TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation undefined
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography undefined
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference? undefined
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen? undefined
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court undefined
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan? undefined
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings undefined
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism undefined
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE) Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art undefined
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks Returns!
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides undefined
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens undefined
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands undefined
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack undefined
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country undefined
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans? undefined
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya undefined
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else?? Lessons from Borat
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What Was Jim Crow? undefined
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History? undefined
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks undefined
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries? undefined
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Eternal Glory Homer and Kleos
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII? undefined
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How Does the Electoral College Work? undefined
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit undefined
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact? undefined
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl? undefined
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement? undefined
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid Rome's Greatest Epic
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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...
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums undefined
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau undefined
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for? undefined
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement undefined
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions undefined
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol? undefined
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review ‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review JamesHoare Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation? undefined
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Who Was Clement of Rome? undefined
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers undefined
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada undefined
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech Secrets from Cicero
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79 Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age “These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh? undefined
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition? Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition? JamesHoare Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used undefined
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland undefined
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Flashbak
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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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography “Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal undefined
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists undefined
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844 A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844.     “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy undefined
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women? undefined
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words? undefined
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art undefined
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth? undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values) Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues? undefined
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference? undefined
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD. The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great? undefined
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon undefined
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin undefined
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper undefined
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933) The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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