Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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6 months ago
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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7 months ago
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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8 months ago
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)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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3 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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4 months ago
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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5 months ago
Open Culture
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...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
3 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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a week ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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7 months ago
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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10 months ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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a year ago
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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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.
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks 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.
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
Registration *Now* Open
9 months ago
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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What Is Capoeira?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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What Is Solipsism?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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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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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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