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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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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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Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Who Was Tertullian?
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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4 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
a week ago
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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a month ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
6 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
4 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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11 months ago
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
3 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 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
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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2 months ago
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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8 months ago
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
2 months ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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11 months ago
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
a year ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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6 months ago
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
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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...
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Flashbak
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,”...
5 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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8 months ago
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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3 months ago
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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a year ago
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