TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Art of the Interesting
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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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...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Plato and Atlantis
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TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Who Was Tertullian?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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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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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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The Lives of Exiles
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Beneath the Waves...
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Sappho
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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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...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
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9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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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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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
Hundred Rabbits
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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Death of the King of Siam
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Death of the King of Siam
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
9 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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What Was the First Written Language?
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What Is Theodicy?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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9 months ago
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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a year ago
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
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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 …...
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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9 months ago
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