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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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Magna Graecia
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
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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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Flashbak
Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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a year ago
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
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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
6 days ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
Flashbak
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...
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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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 is the Eye of Ra?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Trying to Understand...
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.
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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