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Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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When Was the First Crusade?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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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
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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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...
8 months ago
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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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
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The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
11 months ago
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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