Global Inequality...
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TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Please help us not to understand.
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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What Is Gnosticism?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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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
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
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...
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Classical Wisdom
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Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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.
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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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
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Flashbak
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...
6 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...
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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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...
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
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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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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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What Was Négritude?
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Winged Victory
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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There is no exit for dictators
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a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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War in Dreamland
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Philosopher Kings
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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That's The Truth?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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How to Save Democracy
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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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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