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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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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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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Who Was George Eliot?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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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...
11 months ago
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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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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The Last Day of World War One
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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over a year ago
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Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Global Inequality...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Blindspots and Biographies
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Summary of changes for May
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over a year ago
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Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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What Is Voguing?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
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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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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
4 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Flashbak
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...
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
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...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Flashbak
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...
6 months ago
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...
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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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...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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12 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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