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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
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2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Reality Would Like A Word.
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The End of the World?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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‘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
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
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When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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...
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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...
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
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TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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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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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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What Is the Didache?
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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What Is Gnosticism?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
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The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
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A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Fate and Free Will
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Rome's Worst General?
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Mystery of the Mind
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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