Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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4 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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3 days ago
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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a year ago
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
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
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...
5 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...
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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a month ago
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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3 months ago
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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2 months ago
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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a year ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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a year ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
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?
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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9 months ago
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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2 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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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...
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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...
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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...
a year ago
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...
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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What Is an Antipope?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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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
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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4 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...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
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