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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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Dionysus
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Gods Vs Titans
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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What is the Soul?
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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How to use generative AI for historical research
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Io Saturnalia!
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
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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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
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On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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