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Hear the First Book of Homer’s Iliad Read Aloud in the Original Greek
about 16 hours ago
You can, of course, learn the Greek language as it’s spoken today....
How Conflict Helped Create Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and Its Legendary Guitar Solos
1 day ago
Even among the most acclaimed albums ever recorded, not a single one...
Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago
1 day ago
“What has been my prettiest contribution to the culture?” asked Kurt Vonnegut...
An Introduction to the Islamic World: 1,000 Years of History in 19 Minutes
3 days ago
References to Islam in major media can make it sound monolithic and...
The First Live Performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
3 days ago
It’s almost 35 years ago now that Nirvana’s video for “Smells Like...
The Largest Bookshelf Tour Ever Filmed: Inside a Classicist’s 20,000-Volume Library
4 days ago
If you grew up in the last few generations, chances are you...
Hip 1960s Latin Teacher Translated Beatles Songs into Latin for His Students: Read Lyrics for “O Teneum Manum,” “Diei Duri Nox” & More
4 days ago
I’ve interacted with many entertaining language-learning resources in various classes—from miniseries in...
A Tour of Athens’ Acropolis, Explained with 3D Reconstructions
7 days ago
Since it was first built as a Mycenaean fortress in the thirteenth...
The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
8 days ago
If you’ve taken a good art history course on the Impressionists and...
Take a Random Walk Around the Berlin Wall Just Months Before Its Sudden Fall (Summer 1989)
9 days ago
Officially, the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. Demolition would take...
M.I.T. Computer Program Predicts in 1973 That Civilization Will End by 2040
9 days ago
In 1704, Isaac Newton predicted the end of the world sometime around...
Hear Robert Johnson’s “Come On in My Kitchen” in Remarkably Restored Audio, Taken from a Rare Test Pressing
10 days ago
Robert Johnson died at just 27 years old, some say as a...