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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection) undefined
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places undefined
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!” undefined
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952) Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space! Clyne,...
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting undefined
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece JamesHoare Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front undefined
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know undefined
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome undefined
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained undefined
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists undefined
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large... For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List undefined
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy” undefined
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening undefined
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics? undefined
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar? undefined
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon JamesHoare Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant? A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis undefined
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible? undefined
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961) Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer” undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art undefined
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1 Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia undefined
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth undefined
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens undefined
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend? undefined
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable undefined
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959) Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween. Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist undefined
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore? undefined
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist undefined
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas undefined
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century undefined
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa undefined
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy undefined
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965) Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s  Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Was the Trojan Horse Real? Was the Trojan Horse Real? JamesHoare Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars? undefined
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light undefined
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign? undefined
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes undefined
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story undefined
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey undefined
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered undefined
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III undefined
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview undefined
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE) The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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Who Was George Eliot? undefined
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What Was Négritude? undefined
4 months ago
A Collection of...
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,...
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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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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art undefined
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists undefined
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle? undefined
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained undefined
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors undefined
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation? Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects JamesHoare Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s) This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails.   A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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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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Death of a Samurai Legend Death of a Samurai Legend JamesHoare Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978) A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name? undefined
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama? undefined
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots undefined
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum undefined
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’? undefined
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know undefined
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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...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide undefined
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud? undefined
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
12 months ago
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist undefined
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s “If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ... ...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art undefined
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis JamesHoare Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For? undefined
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism? undefined
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The First Anglo-Burmese War The First Anglo-Burmese War JamesHoare Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion Belief in the Ancient World
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And... Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market undefined
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters undefined
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US undefined
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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...
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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 donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn). uxn,...
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990) “’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree     In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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What Does It Take to Become a US President? undefined
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud? undefined
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages undefined
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist undefined
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin? undefined
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the... On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History undefined
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials JamesHoare Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know undefined
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico? undefined
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections JamesHoare Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece? undefined
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today undefined
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children undefined
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million undefined
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know undefined
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6 Must-See English Castles undefined
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The True Knights Templar The True Knights Templar j.hoare Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance undefined
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo undefined
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System undefined
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Who Were the Maccabees? undefined
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read undefined
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The Modern World Is Boring. Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review ‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review JamesHoare Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Summary of changes for March 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration. Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History undefined
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond. uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures) undefined
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
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A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves? The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981 In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic Cato and Caesar
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations undefined
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army undefined
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy? undefined
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist undefined
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew? undefined
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy undefined
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon undefined
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem undefined
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing undefined
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement undefined
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy? undefined
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review ‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review JamesHoare Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity undefined
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice undefined
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia JamesHoare Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator undefined
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland? undefined
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece undefined
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry. Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII undefined
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks undefined
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites? undefined
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England undefined
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No End Of A Lesson. If we can only learn it.
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty undefined
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala. It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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