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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Hey everyone!
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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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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
3 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
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...
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!
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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2 months ago
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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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.
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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What Was the First Written Language?
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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5 months ago
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
a week ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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