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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Death of the King of Siam
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
a week ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
TheCollector
A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
African History...
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
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
3 weeks ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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3 months ago
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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3 weeks ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
10 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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