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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
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There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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internet in paradise
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over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
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
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Aristotle's Poetics
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
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Arguing with the Dead
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Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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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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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
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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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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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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...
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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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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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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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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Summary of changes for May 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Should you meet your heroes?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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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....
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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What Is the Didache?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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