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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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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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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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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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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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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...
10 months ago
“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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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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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.
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 weeks ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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History Today Feed
‘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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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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When Was D-Day?
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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6 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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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...
a year 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...
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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.
TheCollector
Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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What Was Organization Todt?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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What Is the Didache?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
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...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
6 days ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
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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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
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