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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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What Is Ephesians About?
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
Open Culture
Bertrand Russell’s Message to People Living in the Year 2959: “Love is Wise, Hatred is Foolish”
Bertrand Russell, the great British philosopher and social critic, appeared on the BBC program...
a week ago
Bertrand Russell, the great British philosopher and social critic, appeared on the BBC program Face-to-Face in 1959 and was asked a closing question: What would you tell a generation living 1,000 years from now about the life you’ve lived and the lessons you’ve learned? His...
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a month ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
10 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
What Is Panpsychism?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
3 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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9 months ago
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Global Inequality...
How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles
(but forgot to mention it)
a week ago
(but forgot to mention it)
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
a month ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
11 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
a year ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Lineup Revealed for First Sotheby’s Auction in Saudi Arabia
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TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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7 months ago
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
a year ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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a year ago
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
2 months ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
3 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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9 months ago
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Watch The Alphabet, David Lynch’s horrific 1968 short,
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more...
yesterday
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more they’re going to help each other” – David Lynch David Lynch’s 1968 short The Alphabet was inspired by his first wife Peggy’s niece reciting her ABCs during a nightmare then waking...
Flashbak
A Kodachrome Trip To Lord Howe Island in 1961
in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped...
5 days ago
in 1961, a groud of freinds took a flight to Lord Howe Island, an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. Many decades later the album of kodachrome photos they took were...
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
11 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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