Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
3 weeks ago
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What Counts as a Planet?
What Counts as a Planet?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:24
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What Counts as a Planet?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:24
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
a month ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon vs. Russia
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
3 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
a month ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
4 months ago
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
7 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
2 months ago
Europe turns away from America.
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
2 months ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
3 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Compare the “It Ain’t Me Babe” Scene from A Complete Unknown to the Real Bob Dylan & Joan Baez...
A Complete Unknown, the new movie about Bob Dylan’s rise in the folk-music scene of the early...
2 weeks ago
A Complete Unknown, the new movie about Bob Dylan’s rise in the folk-music scene of the early nineteen-sixties and subsequent electrified break with it, has been praised for not taking excessive liberties, at least by the standards of popular music biopics. Its conversion of a...
Flashbak
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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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
5 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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What Is Panpsychism?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a month ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
9 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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11 months ago
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Who Was George Eliot?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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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...
7 months ago
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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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Colorado
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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9 months ago
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Wrong Side of...
The Terrible Loneliness of Genius
The Canon Club: Vincent van Gogh
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The Canon Club: Vincent van Gogh
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Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
a year ago
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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5 Ancient Roman Monuments & How They Survived to the Modern Day
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Overcoming Bias
What Would Socrates Do?
Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open...
6 days ago
Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open Socrates, my podcast-cohost Agnes Callard suggests we instead ask “What would Socrates do?”
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
7 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Lightning Strikes: William Jennings’ Early Photographs of Elusive Electricity
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of...
2 weeks ago
Anglo-American photographer William Jennings (1860–1946) is best known for his aerial pictures of his adopted city of Philadelphia and the aeronautical industry, and photographs of lightning. Setting out to prove “lightning bolts were not of the zig-zag form pictured by artists”,...
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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What Is Ephesians About?
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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In Search of Homer
3 months ago
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
3 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
8 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
10 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
4 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
over a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Where Did King Arthur Fight His Legendary Battles?
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‘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
11 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
5 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
8 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
9 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
3 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave: What Can They Tell Us About the Past?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
7 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
8 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
a year ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
10 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Flashbak
Der Struwwelpeter: Heinrich Hoffmann’s Deadly Book For Naughty Children
Just look at him! There he stands, With his nasty hair and hands. See! His nails are never cut; They...
a week ago
Just look at him! There he stands, With his nasty hair and hands. See! His nails are never cut; They are grim’d as black as soot; And the sloven, I declare, Never once has combed his hair; Anything to me is sweeter Than to see this Struwwelpeter. – Der Struwwelpeter (Shaggy-Peter...
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
3 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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A Collection of...
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...
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a month ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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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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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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African History...
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.
9 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
a month ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
over a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Flashbak
Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
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“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Flashbak
Momoyogusa (A World of Things) by Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World...
yesterday
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese 1866 – 1942) produced his woodblock print masterpiece Momoyogusa (A World of Things) between 1909 and 1910. The three-volume set of 60 images, commissioned by the publishing firm Unsōdō of Kyoto, borrows its name from the eighth-century poetic text...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
4 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture
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Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
11 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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