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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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The Early Years of Jesus
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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The KGB After Stalin
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Hey everyone!
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
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I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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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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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
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It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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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,...
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“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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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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