TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
7 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
Classical Wisdom
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The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Ancient Podcasts
12 months ago
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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What Was the Chaco War?
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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6 months ago
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
2 weeks ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a month ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
10 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
a week ago
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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What Is Populism?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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A Collection of...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
6 days ago
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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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...
a month ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
2 months ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
7 months ago
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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When Was D-Day?
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
11 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Julius Caesar
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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What Was Négritude?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Does Free Will Exist?
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Weekend Roundup
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
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Inventing Cyrillic
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
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An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
10 months ago
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!
Clyne,...
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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