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The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Spartan Training
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
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The Mother of Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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4 months ago
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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