Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
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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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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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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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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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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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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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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...
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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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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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The KGB After Stalin
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Summary of changes for January
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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What Was the Chaco War?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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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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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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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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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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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.
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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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...
a year ago
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...
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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The ideology of Donald J. Trump
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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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...
4 months ago
“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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