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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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What’s the History of Gin?
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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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
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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7 months ago
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.
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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A Brief History of Chile
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Weekend Roundup
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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a year ago
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
4 days ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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a week ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
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...
a month ago
(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...
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
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
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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a month ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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a month ago
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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3 months ago
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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12 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 months ago
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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a month ago
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