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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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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...
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
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
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Trying to Understand...
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We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Flashbak
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...
6 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...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
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
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
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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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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What Was Organization Todt?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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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
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
6 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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For the Love of the Classics
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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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...
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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...
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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