TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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A Strange Defeat.
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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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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TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Free French Bombers Over France
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TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Service to what nation?
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
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TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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TheCollector
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How the South Became Republican
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TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
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An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Does Marcus Matter?
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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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...
6 months ago
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...
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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What Is Populism?
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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What Was Négritude?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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In Search of Homer
2 months ago
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
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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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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