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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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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...
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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.
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Secrets of the Scythians
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Who Was Eusebius?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
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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...
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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The Essential Greeks
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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What Is Theodicy?
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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What Is Voguing?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Monsters of Mythology
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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