Hundred Rabbits
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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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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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The Life of Aristotle
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Patterns in Humanity
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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History Today Review of the Year
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Art of the Etruscans
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Tolkien and Plato
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
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It was all too difficult, finally.
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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