TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Unlike For Like.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months 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...
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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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
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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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...
3 weeks 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
How to Read Film Like a Language
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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.
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘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
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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4 months ago
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!
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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a month ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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3 months ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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a week ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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4 months ago
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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8 months ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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TheCollector
Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days 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, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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a month ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
a month ago
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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TheCollector
Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
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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A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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The Electoral College Explained
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
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Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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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...
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“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 …...
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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The Cyclops
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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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...
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“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 …...
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
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What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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