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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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8 months ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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5 months ago
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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3 months ago
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...
2 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...
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Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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a year ago
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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7 months ago
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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...
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
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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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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6 months ago
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Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
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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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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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10 months ago
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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9 months ago
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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11 months ago
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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a year ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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6 months ago
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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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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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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.
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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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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8 months ago
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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5 months ago
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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8 months ago
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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a year ago
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 months ago
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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7 months ago
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
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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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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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What Is Theodicy?
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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What Is Populism?
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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a year ago
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage 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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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Simulating History with ChatGPT
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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For the Love of the Classics
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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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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New Year, Old Books
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Ancient Anxiety
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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