Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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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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Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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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...
over a year ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 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).
100r.co,...
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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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...
a year ago
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...
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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What Is Nestorianism?
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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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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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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African History...
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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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
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TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
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7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
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