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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Winning the day and losing the war.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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over a year ago
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TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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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...
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Hundred Rabbits
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In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
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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
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Aristotle on Friendship
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Essential Classics
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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What Was Jim Crow?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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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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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Wrong Side of...
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
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They are quite serious, actually.
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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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...
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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...
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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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...
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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...
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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Early Christianity
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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2 weeks ago
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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8 months 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
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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a month ago
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
4 days ago
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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a week ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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5 months ago
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
3 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
3 weeks ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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3 months ago
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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
A Brief History of Chile
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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9 months ago
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
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
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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4 months ago
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
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