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Hey everyone!
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Rules, Rules Rules
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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A Brief History of Chile
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Death of a Turkey Legend
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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2 weeks ago
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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2 months ago
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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a year ago
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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a week ago
Flashbak
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...
11 months ago
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...
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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3 months ago
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
7 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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5 months ago
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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a month ago
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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5 months ago
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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3 weeks ago
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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a year ago
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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a month ago
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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a year ago
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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a year ago
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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11 months ago
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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4 months ago
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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3 months ago
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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4 months ago
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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2 months ago
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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8 months ago
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...
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...
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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11 months ago
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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6 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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9 months ago
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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a week ago
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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8 months ago
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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a month ago
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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8 months ago
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months ago
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
2 weeks ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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a year ago
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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a month ago
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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3 months ago
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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7 months ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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7 months ago
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
2 weeks ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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4 weeks ago
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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a month ago
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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a year ago
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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3 months ago
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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11 months ago
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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6 months ago
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
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