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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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The Last Day of World War One
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Flashbak
Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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TheCollector
Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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3 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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4 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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10 months ago
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.
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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3 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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4 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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5 days ago
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
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