TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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What Is Populism?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
3 weeks ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
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...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 months ago
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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What Are Conlangs?
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TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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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...
9 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;...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 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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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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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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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
6 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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