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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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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...
a year ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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When Was the First Crusade?
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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What Are Conlangs?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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4 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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11 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
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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...
2 months ago
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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What Was Jim Crow?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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7 months ago
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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