TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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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
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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TheCollector
What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
6 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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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
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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...
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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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...
TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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TheCollector
Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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
10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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...
2 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...
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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9 months ago
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
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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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...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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10 months ago
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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12 months ago
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Who Was George Eliot?
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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9 months ago
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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What Is Solipsism?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
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...
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, …...
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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