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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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You And Whose Army?
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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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...
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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For the first 3 years we tested the...
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Patterns in Humanity
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a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Classical Wisdom
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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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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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Classical Wisdom
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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TheCollector
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Classical Wisdom
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The Mother of Rome
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Flashbak
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Flashbak
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Patterns in Humanity
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
Flashbak
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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JamesHoare
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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TheCollector
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Dreams of Space -...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
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Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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And the Boundless Universe
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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TheCollector
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Dr Alun Withey
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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weird medieval guys
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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The Many Roads to Rome
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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“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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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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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...
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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...
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Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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The case for prisons
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Man the Hunter
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Does Karma Exist?
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Does what goes around come around?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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