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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Patterns in Humanity
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Another Of My Essays In French
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
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I...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Wrong Side of...
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Plato and Atlantis
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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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
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Ancient Olympics
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
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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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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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6 Must-See English Castles
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Dionysus
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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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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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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