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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Summary of changes for April
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Sex Before Sex Education
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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The Julio-Claudians
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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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...
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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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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Flashbak
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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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
African History...
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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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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Celebrate Cicero!
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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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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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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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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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Should Death Concern Us?
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How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
Patterns in Humanity
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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The Early Years of Jesus
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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An indispensable organization
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
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'?
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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a year ago
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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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Trump and the Rise of Asia
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Betrayed By Culture
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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Trying to Understand...
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What’s the History of Gin?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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...
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 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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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
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,...
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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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...
over a year ago
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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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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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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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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