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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Overcoming Bias
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
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Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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A History of Phantom Pain
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
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over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Story of Thebes
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Flashbak
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...
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Sophocles' Swansong
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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What Is Populism?
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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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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The Nature of Love
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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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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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Weekend Roundup
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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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.
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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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...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
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Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
Dr Alun Withey
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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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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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...
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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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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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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...
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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....
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Essential Classics
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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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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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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