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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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a year ago
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Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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over a year ago
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Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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8 months ago
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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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?
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
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
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
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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...
3 weeks ago
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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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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3 months ago
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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a year ago
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‘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
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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4 months ago
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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a year ago
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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a year ago
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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3 months ago
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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11 months ago
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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4 months ago
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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7 months ago
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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.
TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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a year ago
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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5 months ago
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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