Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
11 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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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
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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12 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
2 months ago
The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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TheCollector
Rare Rediscovered Watercolor by J.M.W. Turner Heads to Auction
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Flashbak
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 ...
4 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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TheCollector
The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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TheCollector
A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
a year ago
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
7 months ago
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Flashbak
Der Struwwelpeter: Heinrich Hoffmann’s Deadly Book For Naughty Children
Just look at him! There he stands, With his nasty hair and hands. See! His nails are never cut; They...
6 days ago
Just look at him! There he stands, With his nasty hair and hands. See! His nails are never cut; They are grim’d as black as soot; And the sloven, I declare, Never once has combed his hair; Anything to me is sweeter Than to see this Struwwelpeter. – Der Struwwelpeter (Shaggy-Peter...
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
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Trump as a tool of history
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Overcoming Bias
Fear Change
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that...
a week ago
Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
TheCollector
7 African Myths About Animals
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
12 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
a month ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
6 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
10 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
3 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
10 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
So you're in the know...
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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TheCollector
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857: Causes, Events, & Legacy
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TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
3 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
10 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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TheCollector
Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
7 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Who Was Carl Linnaeus? (Life, Works, & Legacy)
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
a year ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Norse Mythology: Pantheon, Ragnarok, Creation, & More
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
7 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a month ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
9 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
7 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosopher’s Stone?
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
2 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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2 months ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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11 months ago
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a month ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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4 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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What Was the First Written Language?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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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.
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Who Was George Eliot?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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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
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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How Should We Look at History?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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