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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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A Brief History of Chile
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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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...
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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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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
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Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Moon Trip (1958)
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Summary Of Changes
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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6 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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...
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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a year ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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a week ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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6 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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12 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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12 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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6 months ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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7 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 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
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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8 months ago
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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8 months ago
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