Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Romanticism

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The tea-rific history of Victorian afternoon tea

Source: British Museum's blog In celebration of Afternoon Tea week, food historian Tasha Marks explores the history of the much-loved afternoon treat.

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

Source: Lit Hub May 21, 2020 From Perón to Trump, the Political Art of Spinning Lies Into Myth By Federico Finchelstein

Virtual Exhibit: Book Of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt

Source: Book Of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt Online exhibit accompanying the  exhibit in the Oriental Institute Museum,...

Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir … the woman who found the New World 500 years before Columbus

Souce: The Guardian, Sat 18 Apr 2020  Great explorers you’ve probably never heard ofAdventure travel In...

The Real Spartacus

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Mummies, sarcophagus & coffins at Cairo’s Egyptian museum! Pyramids of Giza laser light show,...

Mummies, sarcophagus & coffins at Cairo’s Egyptian museum! Pyramids of Giza laser light show, Nile dinner cruise. Posted by La Carmina on January 28, 2020 Call me Queen of the Damned. If you...

Solitude and Self-Realization: Why You Should Spend More Time Alone

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How Goth Became Goth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GbgQBjBfPA&feature=emb_title

An Animated Introduction to Medieval Taverns: Learn the History of These Rough-and-Tumble Ancestors of...

Source: Open Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpUyJx2RurE When I think of the medieval tavern, I see grim footage from Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and grimy drinking scenes from Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. While only the first...