TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
10 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
11 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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12 months ago
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
8 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
2 months ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
a month ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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9 months ago
Hidden History
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident
For Europeans, the Second World War started on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. For...
5 days ago
For Europeans, the Second World War started on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. For the United States, it began with the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But for Asians, the war began on June 7, 1937, at the Marco Polo Bridge in China. The Second...
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
3 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Open Culture
Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in...
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been...
4 days ago
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been more widely known. “With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions such as ‘happy little trees,’ he’s an enduring icon,” writes Michael J. Mooney in an...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
6 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Who Was the Real Henry III?
Who Was the Real Henry III?
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/15/2025 - 09:30
4 days ago
Who Was the Real Henry III?
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/15/2025 - 09:30
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
9 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
8 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
a year ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
9 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
4 months ago
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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3 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
10 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
8 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
B-24 Liberators: The Aircraft That Ended the Reign of the U-Boat
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2 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
3 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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a month ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
8 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
5 months ago
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a month ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Terrible Loneliness of Genius
The Canon Club: Vincent van Gogh
4 days ago
The Canon Club: Vincent van Gogh
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
a year ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
4 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
9 months ago
TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
2 weeks ago
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
6 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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