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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review ‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review JamesHoare Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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The History of Appalachia & Its People undefined
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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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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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero undefined
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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...
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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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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg? undefined
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew? undefined
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The Vienna Secession is Founded The Vienna Secession is Founded JamesHoare Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976) Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs.   Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists undefined
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office? undefined
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Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe. Noodle,...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction undefined
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man? undefined
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor undefined
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Man the Hunter Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India undefined
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea? undefined
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost undefined
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete? undefined
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works undefined
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists undefined
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins j.hoare Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus This is the second 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 second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Welcoming the stranger Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review ‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review j.hoare Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World undefined
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years” undefined
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US undefined
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880 Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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The Sense Of An Ending. But right back where we started from.
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City undefined
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Religion in the Olympics The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests? undefined
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah? undefined
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s undefined
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible? undefined
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art undefined
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
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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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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire undefined
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art undefined
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China’s Communist Comic Books China’s Communist Comic Books JamesHoare Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi undefined
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period. Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit!  A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere? undefined
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations undefined
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Seneca On Clemency A Letter To Emperor Nero
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What Makes the City of London Unique? undefined
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits? undefined
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Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne JamesHoare Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History? undefined
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Weekend Roundup St. Nick and Saturnalia
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy undefined
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader? is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona? undefined
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale undefined
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The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to... The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century. Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax? undefined
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus? undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville? undefined
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills undefined
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing undefined
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists undefined
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Was Alexander Great?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders undefined
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece undefined
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York undefined
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty undefined
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Leeds Kids the 1970s Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin? undefined
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena undefined
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens undefined
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review ‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review JamesHoare Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth? undefined
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization? undefined
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible? undefined
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower? undefined
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The End of Power Projection? We can't get there from here, anymore.
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters undefined
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Why Should We Care About Children? Bringing History to the Future
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements? undefined
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House undefined
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Early Years of Jesus
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries? undefined
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History undefined
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History undefined
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide undefined
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974) 51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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Rituals and Religion Belief in the Ancient World
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones undefined
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima? undefined
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art” undefined
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset undefined
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel undefined
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit undefined
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings undefined
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable? undefined
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions undefined
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet? undefined
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars? undefined
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967) A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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The General History of Africa a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse? undefined
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher undefined
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia? undefined
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Secrets of the Sirens The Original Femme Fatales?
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology) undefined
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital? undefined
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III undefined
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation? undefined
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia? undefined
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work? undefined
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story “For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway   You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway   You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts undefined
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography? undefined
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots undefined
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Summary of changes for January 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner. Permacomputing, revamped the page. Flappy Bird,...
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Who Were the Allied Powers? undefined
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza? undefined
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson ‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson JamesHoare Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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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...
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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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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series undefined
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology? Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon! oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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The Immortals ...and the feared Persian Army
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History undefined
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World undefined
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What Was Jim Crow? undefined
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids undefined
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region) undefined
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What Was the Berlin Conference? undefined
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments) undefined
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The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916. The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories) undefined
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today undefined
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc undefined
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career undefined
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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...
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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 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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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview undefined
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The Story of Thebes From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John? undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel. I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army... This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man undefined
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836) Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs undefined
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War undefined
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt undefined
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History undefined
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind undefined
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Summary of changes for June 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death     Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression) Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert   Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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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...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist. It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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