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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
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And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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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.
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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African History...
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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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Flashbak
Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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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
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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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...
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
Classical Wisdom
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Fate and Free Will
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Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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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
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
2 months ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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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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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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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...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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African History...
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Tjaart’s Substack
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Does what goes around come around?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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The Epics Collection
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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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
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
8 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
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A book review from the future.
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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How Did Socrates Die?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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9 months ago
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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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...
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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What Is Theodicy?
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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