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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
5 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
4 months ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus
Notes on Christian Syria
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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5 months ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
a month ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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9 months ago
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
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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2 months ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
What Is Affection in Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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9 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
2 months ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
3 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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5 months ago
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
5 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
3 weeks ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”...
2 days ago
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh In The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors we look at writers who communicated in long hand, and sometimes wrote their books in the same manner. For...
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
World Monuments Fund Lists Moon as Endangered Heritage Site
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Tennessee You Should Visit
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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TheCollector
Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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...
Open Culture
The Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Discover His Films, Music Videos, Cartoons, Commercials,...
Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented,...
2 days ago
Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented, we’ve just lost a great American filmmaker. From Eraserhead to Blue Velvet to Mulholland Drive to Inland Empire, David Lynch’s features will surely continue to bewilder and inspire...
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
3 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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4 weeks ago
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
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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9 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
7 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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a month 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
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
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
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
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