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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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The Tudor War on Libel
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Their Enemies The Russians
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Catching Nessie on Film
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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A Wasting Asset?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Patterns in Humanity
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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What Is Voguing?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Wrong Side of...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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Lost and Found
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
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You don't need to know that.
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Global Inequality...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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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,...
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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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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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Beyond Stoicism
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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The Cyclops
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
History Today Feed
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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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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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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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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What Is Capoeira?
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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