TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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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...
a year ago
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...
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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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...
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Flashbak
Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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11 months ago
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Who Was Averroes?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
a month ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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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...
9 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
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
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over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Overcoming Bias
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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African History...
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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The Story of Thebes
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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