TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
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And not just the fighting bit.
African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
6 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
7 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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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...
5 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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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...
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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
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
2 weeks ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
“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,...
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
4 days ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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4 months ago
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...
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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4 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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4 months ago
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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a week ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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a week ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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8 months ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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12 months ago
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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11 months ago
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