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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Tension-Filled Black Holes
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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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...
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“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...
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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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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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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It's All About Them.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
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The Past Is Another Country.
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A book review from the future.
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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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
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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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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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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A Brief History of Chile
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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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 the Salon des Refusés?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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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...
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Dr Alun Withey
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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When Was D-Day?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Three Cabins Left
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
Global Inequality...
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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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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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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The First Stoic
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
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What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
11 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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The World's First Computer
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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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...
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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Or does war have its virtues?
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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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,...
10 months ago
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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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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What Is Populism?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
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Global power has always been distributed.
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Summary of changes for December
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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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...
5 months ago
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...
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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