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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
a week ago
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
Flashbak
Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
2 months ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
2 weeks ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
2 months ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 hours ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
2 weeks ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
3 weeks ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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When Was the First Crusade?
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History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
3 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
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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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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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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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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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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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Threat of Back to Normal
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Global power has always been distributed.
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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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...
8 months ago
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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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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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...
3 months ago
“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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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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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...
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
over a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
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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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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