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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Wrong Side of...
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Gladiator Combat
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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How to Give a Speech
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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8 months ago
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
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a year ago
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Dr Alun Withey
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over a year ago
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Flashbak
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...
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
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What Is Panpsychism?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Dreams of Space -...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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A History of the United States Senate
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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