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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Love And War And Status
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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The Roman Socrates
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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When The Music's Over ...
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Should We Navel Gaze?
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Why Socrates Matters
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Is Theodicy?
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Summary of changes for October 2023
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a year ago
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Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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The Two Big Games
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
yesterday
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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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...
a year ago
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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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Flashbak
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,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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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...
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
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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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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