Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
2 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Wrong Side of...
Truth in the old myths
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
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On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
6 days ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
3 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
2 weeks ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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What Is Solipsism?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
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
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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What Is Gnosticism?
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
3 weeks ago
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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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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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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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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Most of them are not from 2023
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Who Was Averroes?
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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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...
a year 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...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Roman Empire Podcasts
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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