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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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What Are Conlangs?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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When Was D-Day?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Collections: On Bread and Circuses
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Global Inequality...
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The Threat of Back to Normal
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
Flashbak
Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Why Socrates Matters
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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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....
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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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...
5 days 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...
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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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
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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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...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
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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...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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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...
4 months ago
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...
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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