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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Should We Be More Naked?
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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Service to what nation?
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
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a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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6 Must-See English Castles
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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What Was Négritude?
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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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...
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is Voguing?
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Some people never grow up.
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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