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Bringing History to the Future
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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The Nature of Love
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Typhoons and mold
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Summary of changes for March
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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Lost and Found
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
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8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Global Inequality...
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
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And some bits and pieces of news.
A Collection of...
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...
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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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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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The Best of the Best
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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What Was the Chaco War?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
Trying to Understand...
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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What Was Négritude?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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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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