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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
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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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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8 months ago
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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...
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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a year ago
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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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...
3 months ago
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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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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11 months ago
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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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...
2 days ago
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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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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9 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
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