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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Hidden History
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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internet in paradise
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Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Summary Of Changes
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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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...
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Overcoming Bias
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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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...
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“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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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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War Is Complicated.
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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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
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
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First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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