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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Res Obscura
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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A Collection of...
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
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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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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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The Mother of Rome
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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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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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Does Free Will Exist?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
a year ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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