TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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What Is Second Timothy About?
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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Silver Shields: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Elite Troops
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Compare the “It Ain’t Me Babe” Scene from A Complete Unknown to the Real Bob Dylan & Joan Baez...
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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The Immortals
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...and the feared Persian Army
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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10 Must-Visit Historic Buildings in the US
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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10 Must-Visit Museums in Massachusetts
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Arizona
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Classical Wisdom
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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What Was the Chaco War?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Luigi Cherubini’s Medea: An Ancient Greek Opera Diva
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
Classical Wisdom
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Why Socrates Matters
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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JamesHoare
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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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...
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“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 …...
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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Twitter's White Terror era
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave: What Can They Tell Us About the Past?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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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,...
Classical Wisdom
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Classical Wisdom Books
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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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...
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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...
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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7 Women Artists Who Became Works of Art
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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10 Major Players of the Haitian Revolution
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Wisdom for the New Year
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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....
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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...
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Who Was George Hodel?
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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What Are Conlangs?
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
9 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
8 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
10 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
11 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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5 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Baroque
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Classical Wisdom
Martin Luther King and LOVE
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
9 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 weeks ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
5 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Classical Wisdom
6 Ancient Greek and Roman Classics Everyone Should Read
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
7 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Who Was Philip Melanchthon? (Life & Legacy)
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Pollution & Deforestation in the Medieval World
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
a month ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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