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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
6 months ago
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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The Story of Thebes
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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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
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
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What's it going to be, then?
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Empress Theodora
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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...
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
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Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Classical Wisdom
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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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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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".
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
11 months ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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