TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Classical Wisdom
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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...
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
Flashbak
‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Res Obscura
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.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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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?
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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TheCollector
Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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TheCollector
The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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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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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Eternal Glory
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Petra and Passports
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Empress Theodora
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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The Newer World Order.
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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I talked to Terry Gross!
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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...
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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