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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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The Essential Greeks
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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In their own...
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Unlike For Like.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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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,...
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“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 ...
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Sparta and… Scotland?
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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The Art of Pompeii
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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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...
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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American polarisation: part 2
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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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...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
4 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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
TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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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...
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
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They know what they think.
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Beyond Stoicism
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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What Is the Will to Power?
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Flashbak
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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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
3 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
9 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome?
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
3 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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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
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
2 months ago
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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