TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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The Wages Of Fear
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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The Modern World Is Boring.
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
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over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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The Great Flood
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Plato and Atlantis
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
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Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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The Past Is Another Country.
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A book review from the future.
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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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 …...
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Flashbak
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...
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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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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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A Brief History of Chile
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Weekend Roundup
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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So you're in the know...
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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‘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
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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Here is a straight history book of an current...
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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...
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Classical Wisdom
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Open Culture
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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African History...
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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African History...
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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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...
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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