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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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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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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Art of the Etruscans
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
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A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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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...
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“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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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Three steps to freedom
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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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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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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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;...
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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To be young, perchance to dream
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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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...
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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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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Machine Stops.
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On general futility of political discussions with people
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a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
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Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
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Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
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TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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And some associated reflections.
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Dreams of Space -...
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Dreams of Space -...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Hundred Rabbits
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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What Is the Will to Power?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Dreams of Space -...
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Classical Wisdom
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Wrong Side of...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Ode to the Giants
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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