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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Rules, Rules Rules
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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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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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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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...
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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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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
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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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
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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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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What Is Gnosticism?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
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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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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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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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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What Was Organization Todt?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
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