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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens undefined
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses undefined
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism? undefined
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology undefined
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different. Am I me? Are You you? ?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy Quesnay and China
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies? undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime? An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly undefined
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity undefined
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World undefined
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When Was the First Crusade? undefined
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War undefined
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive undefined
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans undefined
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists. The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter? Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982 Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution? undefined
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data undefined
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What Is a Banana Republic? undefined
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome undefined
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Beneath the Waves...
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax? undefined
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome undefined
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism? undefined
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? JamesHoare Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment JamesHoare Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law? undefined
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema undefined
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held? undefined
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture undefined
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa undefined
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism? undefined
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics Wars and ideology simplified
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller undefined
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Early Bird is Ending Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932) An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.  Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.  Borrowing from a book-seller description: Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles undefined
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR? undefined
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West undefined
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA undefined
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea? undefined
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist undefined
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth? undefined
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife undefined
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art undefined
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974) 51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
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The Tudor War on Libel The Tudor War on Libel JamesHoare Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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Women of Ancient Rome The First Roman Empress and More...
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism undefined
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed undefined
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Hades The God of the Dead
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy? undefined
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’ Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’ JamesHoare Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man undefined
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10 South American Artists You Should Know undefined
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York undefined
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time? undefined
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry undefined
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King? Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King? JamesHoare Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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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...
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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...
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities undefined
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met undefined
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography undefined
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins) undefined
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of undefined
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology undefined
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums undefined
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live? Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952) Happy New Year! A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
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Happy New Year! A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh “The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis   We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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One Way Or Another .... We're going to get you.
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TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials? undefined
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History undefined
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies undefined
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s “If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M. undefined
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa? undefined
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet undefined
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico undefined
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages? undefined
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World undefined
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums undefined
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Gladiator Combat Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76 undefined
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome JamesHoare Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress undefined
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s undefined
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism undefined
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs The Roman Catholic War on Wigs JamesHoare Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts JamesHoare Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time undefined
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus undefined
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art undefined
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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In Defence of Boring Books In Defence of Boring Books JamesHoare Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Last Chance!
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations undefined
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas? undefined
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction undefined
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover? undefined
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism? undefined
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What is the Eye of Ra? undefined
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula? undefined
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Sweden's immigration taboo Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes “We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life   The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights JamesHoare Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know undefined
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America undefined
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art undefined
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland undefined
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims undefined
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No Left Turn Workers and Peasants we are not.
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy? undefined
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On the Spot: Levi Roach On the Spot: Levi Roach JamesHoare Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years undefined
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain So who does?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story undefined
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia undefined
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed undefined
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo? undefined
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement undefined
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’? undefined
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks undefined
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.' a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles undefined
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Moving With the Times? Moving With the Times? JamesHoare Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich undefined
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration undefined
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How to Give a Speech Secrets from Cicero
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century undefined
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk? undefined
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition undefined
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty? undefined
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition undefined
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs undefined
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels undefined
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism undefined
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s “The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands     The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution undefined
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Will There Be “Crazy” People? Symposium on the Seas...
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions undefined
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament undefined
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land undefined
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings undefined
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day undefined
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji? undefined
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed? undefined
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography? undefined
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed undefined
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Brushing for Britain Brushing for Britain JamesHoare Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism? undefined
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence undefined
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks undefined
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes? undefined
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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...
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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...
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions undefined
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion undefined
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era? undefined
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021 Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas undefined
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947) Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts undefined
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn JamesHoare Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin undefined
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World War Stoppers and God Makers
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation? undefined
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony undefined
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World undefined
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History undefined
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front undefined
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones undefined
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements undefined
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected. But some things are more connected than others.
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein? undefined
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit undefined
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test? undefined
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life undefined
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words? undefined
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert undefined
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)? undefined
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888 The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa? undefined
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages undefined
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World” undefined
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact? undefined
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Three Cabins Left Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’? undefined
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples undefined
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo undefined
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review ‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review JamesHoare Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. undefined
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands undefined
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian undefined
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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