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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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the rock of polynesia
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Io Saturnalia!
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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an island to oneself
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Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
Flashbak
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...
3 weeks ago
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...
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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...
2 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...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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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
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
a month ago
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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