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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Odysseus in the Underworld
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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I See The Earth! (1968)
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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The Electoral College Explained
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Building Reading Skills (1951)
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
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
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“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...
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
TheCollector
What Are Conlangs?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
2 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
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