Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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10 months ago
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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3 days ago
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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3 days ago
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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5 months ago
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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a week ago
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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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...
a month ago
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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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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5 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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3 weeks ago
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 months ago
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a week ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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11 months ago
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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9 months ago
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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11 months ago
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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a year ago
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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7 months ago
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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a month ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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a month ago
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
a month ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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8 months ago
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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a month ago
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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10 months ago
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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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”...
9 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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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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a year ago
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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a year ago
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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4 months ago
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
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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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 months ago
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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a week ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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9 months ago
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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4 months ago
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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8 months ago
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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8 months ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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2 months ago
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
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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...
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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5 months ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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a month ago
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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a year ago
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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10 months ago
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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2 weeks ago
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
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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The Electoral College Explained
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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...
a year ago
“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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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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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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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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No More Heroes.
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A Collection of...
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Patterns in Humanity
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Overcoming Bias
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Searching In Science (1965)
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
2 months ago
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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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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