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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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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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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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How can we train Resilience?
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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What Is Nestorianism?
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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And fiddling won't fix it.
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 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...
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
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An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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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...
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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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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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The Death of Clive of India
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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Another Of My Essays in French
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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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
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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When Was D-Day?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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African History...
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
a week ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
2 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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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.
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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a year ago
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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...
3 days 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...
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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9 months ago
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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