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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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7 months ago
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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Ancient Prophetesses
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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7 months ago
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Classical Wisdom
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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CrimethInc.
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Dreams of Space -...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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What Was Négritude?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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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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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Why are MYTHS Important?
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The Great Flood
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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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...
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Weekend Roundup
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Another Of My Essays in French
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History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Classical Wisdom
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
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a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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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...
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The Story of Thebes
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a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Classical Wisdom
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Secrets of the Scythians
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Overcoming Bias
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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