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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
2 days ago
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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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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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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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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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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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.
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
a month ago
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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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...
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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
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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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...
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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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...
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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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...
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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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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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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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What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Final Call
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Weekend Roundup
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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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
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
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Most of them are not from 2023
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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7 months ago
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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5 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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