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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
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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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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
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TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
2 weeks ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
4 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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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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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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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...
2 months ago
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,...
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Hundred Rabbits
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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What Is Theodicy?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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