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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
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12 months ago
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
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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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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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The Art of Pompeii
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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the rock of polynesia
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Because that's all they can do.
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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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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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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4 months ago
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Dreams of Space -...
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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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
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
3 weeks ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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a year ago
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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9 months ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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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
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
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”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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