A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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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?
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
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And don't say a word about Europe.
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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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
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
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a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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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...
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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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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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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.
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TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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The Secret Life of Latin
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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The international system, that is.
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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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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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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5 months ago
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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6 months ago
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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a month ago
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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a year ago
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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9 months ago
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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2 months ago
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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10 months ago
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year ago
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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6 months ago
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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5 months ago
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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a month ago
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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5 months ago
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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a year ago
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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4 weeks ago
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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6 months ago
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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12 months ago
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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2 weeks ago
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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4 months ago
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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a week ago
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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a year ago
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
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...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
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....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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2 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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9 months ago
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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5 months ago
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
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