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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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‘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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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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The Essential Greeks
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Monsters and Myths
a year ago
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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The Nature of Love
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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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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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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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...
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“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...
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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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),...
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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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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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What Is Solipsism?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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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
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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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.
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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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...
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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What Was Organization Todt?
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5 months ago
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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