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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
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TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 months ago
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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TheCollector
Was Jesus a Radical?
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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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
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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TheCollector
18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
a year ago
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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TheCollector
What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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TheCollector
4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
8 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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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
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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10 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
9 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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8 months ago
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
a month ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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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.
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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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...
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
5 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
a month ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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