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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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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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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
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Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
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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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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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On Hegel's ignorance of African History
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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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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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Xerxes the Great
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Moon Base (1959)
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Why drug history?
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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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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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Prometheus and AI?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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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 …...
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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St. Nicholas
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Overcoming Bias
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Philosophy and Children
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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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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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
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This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Socrates and the Soul
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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African History...
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
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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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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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What Is Theodicy?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
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a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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African History...
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.
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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