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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
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Hundred Rabbits
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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Free Will Vs Determinism
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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a month ago
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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7 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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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Ancient Anxiety
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
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James Joyce's Ulysses
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a year ago
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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The "New" Ancient City
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7 months ago
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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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...
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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...
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
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JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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TheCollector
Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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2 months 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
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Flashbak
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...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
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TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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The Cyclops
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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