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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Real or Fantasy?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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a year ago
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Why drug history?
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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What Are Conlangs?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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What Is Voguing?
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“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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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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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
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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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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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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a year ago
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