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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
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Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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What Is Voguing?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Arguing with the Dead
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Arguing with the Dead
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Summary of changes for August
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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What Is an Antipope?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Changing Seasons
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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What Was the Chaco War?
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Their Enemies The Russians
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Winged Victory
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Another Of My Essays in French
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And some bits and pieces of news.
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Why did clothing become boring?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Little People With Agency.
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What Is Theodicy?
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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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...
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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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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Dreams of Space -...
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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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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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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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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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...
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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A Few Spots Left
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Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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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...
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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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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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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...
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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...
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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The Life of Plato
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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History Today Review of the Year
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