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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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A Brief History of Chile
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Weekend Roundup
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
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American polarisation: part 2
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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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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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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