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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Hundred Rabbits
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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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...
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Res Obscura
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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