Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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9 months ago
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
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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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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?
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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11 months ago
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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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.
TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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a year ago
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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4 months ago
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Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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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
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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11 months ago
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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2 months 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
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
a month ago
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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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
3 weeks ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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What Is Theodicy?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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...
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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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...
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?
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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