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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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The Two Big Games
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“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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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
2 weeks ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘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
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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What Is Nestorianism?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year 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.
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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