A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
6 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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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...
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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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,...
7 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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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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...
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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.
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Who Was Tertullian?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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A Collection of...
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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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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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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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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Rome's Worst General?
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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What Is the Didache?
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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For the Love of the Classics
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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