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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Dreams of Space -...
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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...
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Hidden History
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Global Inequality...
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Both in the ancient world... and today?
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TheCollector
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
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
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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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
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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TheCollector
Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
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TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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TheCollector
Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
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