TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 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
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
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...
2 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
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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2 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
Flashbak
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...
4 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
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
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,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
History Today Feed
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
Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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a year ago
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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10 months ago
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
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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8 months ago
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...
a month 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
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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a week ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
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Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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The Story of Thebes
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People, States and Borders.
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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What Is Theodicy?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Prometheus and AI?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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Lost and Found
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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The Early Years of Jesus
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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How to Save Democracy
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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The Past Is Another Country.
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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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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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Beyond Stoicism
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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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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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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