Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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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...
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Winged Victory
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Young Technician December, 1957
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
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a year ago
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Papa To The Rescue.
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
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a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
Flashbak
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 ...
yesterday
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...
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Res Obscura
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
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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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...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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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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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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The world that created Caravaggio
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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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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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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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
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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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”...
9 months ago
“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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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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