TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
3 weeks ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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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...
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‘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...
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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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.
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Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Liberation of the Oppressed: What Is Liberation Theology?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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6 Must-See English Castles
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
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8 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
8 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Flashbak
Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
7 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
5 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
What Is Philippians About?
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Flashbak
Leeds Kids the 1970s
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
3 weeks ago
Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
a month ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
11 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
What Is Second Timothy About?
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Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
9 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a month ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
12 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector
Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
7 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
7 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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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...
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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...
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Is Populism?
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
a month ago
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
2 months ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
5 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
a year ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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....
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Practices Did the Puritans Enjoy?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
a year ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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