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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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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,...
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
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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...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Service to what nation?
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Death of the King of Siam
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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What Are Conlangs?
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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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...
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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...
3 days 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...
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Flashbak
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 …...
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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