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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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The True Knights Templar
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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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...
3 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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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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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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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
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It was all too difficult, finally.
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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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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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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