Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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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...
2 months 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...
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 weeks ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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What Is Gnosticism?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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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"
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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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...
10 months ago
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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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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African History...
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...
4 months ago
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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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“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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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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