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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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A Few Spots Left
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Classical Wisdom
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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Does Marcus Matter?
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
Hundred Rabbits
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...
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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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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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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My Substack in Other Languages.
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Wrong Side of...
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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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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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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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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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...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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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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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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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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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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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 …...
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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