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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Why not Keynes?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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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
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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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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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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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
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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The Wages Of Fear
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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History and Myth
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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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...
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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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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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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.
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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...
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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2 months ago
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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3 weeks ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
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...
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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3 weeks ago
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a week ago
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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12 hours ago
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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a week ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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a week ago
TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
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
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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