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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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How Did Socrates Die?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Let's Be Enemies
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the 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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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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7 months ago
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The Diversity Paradox.
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It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
a week ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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3 days ago
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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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
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year 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
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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a year ago
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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8 months ago
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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5 months ago
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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9 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
6 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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7 months ago
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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....
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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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)
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
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
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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7 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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